As this weekend is Hallowtide, I thought I'd explore the topic of ghosts and look at what medieval and Tudor people thought about them.
You can read the Byland Abbey Ghost Stories at http://www.anselm-classics.com/byland/about.html, in their original Latin or translated into English. They are a very interesting read.
Here are some other resources on ghosts, Halloween and Hallowtide...
- Horrible Hauntings - My Claire Chats video about Tudor ghosts and haunted Tudor places.
- Medieval Ghost Stories - Enjoy some ghost stories medieval-style.
- Did They Believe in Ghosts in Medieval Times? (Learning from Purgatory) - Timothy R.J. Eveland - https://timothyrjeveland.com/2018/10/07/medieval-ghosts/
- What Medieval Ghosts can tell us about the Afterlife - https://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/medieval-ghosts-can-tell-us-afterlife/
- Did Elizabethans Believe in Ghosts? - https://delshakeshamlet.weebly.com/ghosts-in-elizabethan-england.html
- Ghosts in the Middle Ages - https://www.ancient.eu/article/1404/ghosts-in-the-middle-ages/
I Know we shouldn’t laugh at the poor lady whom he was going to try and blind, nasty man but the idea of him visiting his concubine after death is quite funny. No wonder he ended up in purgatory, naughty man.
I was actually thinking you might have said they invited them in for a cuppa as they seem to have been at home with the spirits, although a bad one would not be very good.