The Normans' Greatest Import (Medieval Rabbits)
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- What did the Normans ever do for us? Well, for one thing, they introduced the European Rabbit to Britain.
In this video we discuss the European Rabbit's place in medieval culture, and the origins of the Easter Bunny!
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Music: 'Folk Round', 'Holiday Weasel', 'Master of the Feast' by Kevin MacLeod
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We got this video out just in time for Easter, so when you're hunting for your chocolate eggs this weekend, think about the Normans!
Could you do a Medieval Bestiary Series, Explaining to us each the Animal stories, the Christian allegories, and the massive influences In modern culture and literature to this very day? It would certainly catch more attention, and would help people learn about the medieval world.
We are definitely going to keep making more animal videos, so we'll probably have a big playlist eventually! Thank you so much for all your support, it means so much to us!
My family has come to recognize that our surname Levrini means "merchant of rabbits"; "Levr-" from "lepre" meaning "hare", and the "-ini" ending found in Northern Italy in Emilia-Romana (the root of the Family tree; there are over 100 Levrinin´s on current records in Sassuolo alone!) means "merchant of.., or purveyor of ..." In this case my ancestors may have been providing the nobles and villagers with meat, fur, and rabbit´s feet"! In any case, my Brother and I have been collecting rabbit todems that are scattered about inside and outside our homes!
Dr Bailey would be so proud
I wish I'd paid more attention in his AS History lessons!