Sujet

Origin of the Wassail bowl.

Légende

Origin of the Wassail bowl, a Medieval Christmas English drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year. In the middle ages, the wassail was a reciprocal exchange between the feudal lords and their peasants. From The Illustrated London News, published 1865.

Date

1865

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive

Notre référence

UMG23A60_479

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,7Mo (5,5Mo) / 43,2cm x 29,4cm / 5100 x 3478 (300dpi)

Mots clés

King Medieval Harvest Christmas Tradition Illustration History Drink Festive Ritual Exchange Bowl Drinking Lord English Historical Old Middle Ages Feudal Lords Peasants Reciprocal wassail wassailing mulled cider cider apple