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Sue Bowden, Ian Blanchard, Lee A. Craig, and Olle Krantz
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
...themselves for their relaxation were of much greater significance. Amid that considerable amount of unsanctified time, certain periods enjoyed a fixity and importance that was paralleled only in the observance of the major holy days. Even when forced by economic circumstances to abandon their free time, they clung with such an extraordinary tenacity to certain days in January and February (Saturnalia or the Feast of Fools) and May (Floralia) that it is impossible to doubt the significance of these holidays. As in the case of the holy days, these civil...
