Agree with MJR. Wonderful to get this summary of the ways we have kept track of time. Calendars or not I struggle to keep track of my time on any given day. I guess we can thank Christianity for the help in keeping or struggling to do so.
What a perfectly encapsulated brief history of time this was! I know many of these time quirks, but not all.
One interesting note: March 25 is the Feast of the Annunciation: when the Word became flesh i.e., 9 months before Jesus's birth. The fact it is generally near Easter is merely coincidental, as Easter more signifies the Passion and resurrection of Christ.
Interesting idea that just a couple of centuries ago, the English speaking world based their calendar on Christ's conception. We seem quite far from that idea now...
Agree with MJR. Wonderful to get this summary of the ways we have kept track of time. Calendars or not I struggle to keep track of my time on any given day. I guess we can thank Christianity for the help in keeping or struggling to do so.
What a perfectly encapsulated brief history of time this was! I know many of these time quirks, but not all.
One interesting note: March 25 is the Feast of the Annunciation: when the Word became flesh i.e., 9 months before Jesus's birth. The fact it is generally near Easter is merely coincidental, as Easter more signifies the Passion and resurrection of Christ.
Interesting idea that just a couple of centuries ago, the English speaking world based their calendar on Christ's conception. We seem quite far from that idea now...