Plants in Late Medieval festivals and customs in written and pictorial sources from southern central Europe

U¨lle Sillasoo

Environmental Archaeology, 2009, vol. 14, issue 1, 76-89

Abstract: This paper derives from research carried out on plant representations in Late Medieval religious art in southern central Europe. The uses of plants in most important Late Medieval religious festivals and customs in southern central Europe are described. Plants with festive connotations are identified and shown in their cultural contexts. The main goal of this research was to show how visual evidence, interpreted with the help of historical sources, could contribute to archaeobotanical research on Late Medieval plants and their use in festive occasions in the region in the later Middle Ages.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1179/174963108X345720

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