Niš -- medieval
Contents
- 1 Quote
- 2 Appearance
- 3 Climate
- 4 Economy
- 5 Pilgrimage
- 6 Geography
- 7 History
- 8 Politics
- 9 Population
- 10 Citizens of Jerusalem
- 11 Festivities
- 12 Fortifications
- 13 Inns
- 14 Law & Lawlessness
- 15 Monuments
- 16 Hospitals
- 17 Markets
- 18 Private Residences
- 19 Taverns
- 20 Religion
- 21 Visitors
- 22 Whore Houses
- 23 Vampires of the City
- 24 Wraiths of medieval Jerusalem
- 25 Storytelling Medieval Jerusalem
- 26 Websites
Quote
Appearance
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Climate
Economy
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Pilgrimage
Geography
History
Prehistory
Roman Occupation
The Middle Ages
Timeline
Current Events
Politics
Population
- Likely Population, 1100 A.D. ????
Citizens of Jerusalem
Clergy
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Source
http://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/frankish-names.php
Craftsmen
Criminals
Crusaders
Patriciate
Students
Festivities
- Twelfth Night (January) -- Religious festival and feasts celebrating the visit of the Wise Men, or Magi, following the birth of Jesus.
- St Valentine's Day (February) -- The Medieval festival celebrating love - singing, dancing and pairing games.
- Carnival (Late February - Early March) --
- Easter (March) -- Easter celebrated by the Mystery plays depicting the crucifixion.
- Lent (40 days)
- Ash Wednesday (start of Lent)
- Holy Week (last week of Lent before Easter)
- Good Friday (end of Lent)
- Easter Sunday
- All Fool's Day (April) -- The Jesters, or Lords of Misrule, took charge for the day and caused mayhem with jokes and jests!
- May Day (May) -- May Day was a spring festival celebrating May Day when a Queen of the May was chosen and villagers danced around the maypole.
- Midsummer Eve (June) -- Midsummer Eve, the Mummers entertained at the 'Festival of Fire' reliving legends such as St George and the Dragon. Bones were often burned leading to the term 'bonfire'. The summer Solstice was June 23rd.
- St. Swithin's Day (July) -- St. Swithin's Day falls on 15th July. Legend says that during the bones of St Swithin were moved and after the ceremony it began to rain and continued to do so for forty days.
- Lammas Day (August) -- Lammas Day was celebrated on August 2nd. The ' loaf-mass ' day, the festival of the first wheat harvest of the year. Houses were sometimes decorated with garlands and there were candle lit processions.
- Michaelmas (September) -- The 29th September was when Michaelmas celebrated the life of St Michael and the traditional food on Michaelmas was goose or chicken.
- St Crispin's Day (October) -- October 25th celebrating St Crispin's Day. Revels and bonfires and people acted as 'King Crispin' .
- All Souls Day (November) -- The Day of the Dead - All Souls Day or All Hallow's Day ( Halloween ) when revels were held and bonfires were lit.
- Christmas (December) -- December 25 is celebrated as the birthday of Christ.
Fortifications
The Walls of Jerusalem
Inns
Source
https://donjon.bin.sh/fantasy/inn/
Law & Lawlessness
Monuments
Amphitheaters
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Aqueducts
Arches (Triumphal)
Baths
Bridges
Catacombs of Jerusalem
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Cemeteries
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Columns
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Fountains
Gardens
Statues
Tombs
Hospitals
Markets
Private Residences
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Taverns
Religion
Roman Catholic Jerusalem
Convents
Monasteries
Visitors
Whore Houses
Vampires of the City
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Crucesignatis (Crusaders)
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Incognitos (Strangers and Aliens)
Memoria pro Mortuis (Remembrances for the Dead)
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Wraiths of medieval Jerusalem
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Storytelling Medieval Jerusalem
Mood of Medieval Jerusalem:
Stories of medieval Jerusalem
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Websites
