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	Good King Wenceslas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Good King Wenceslas" is a popular Christmas carol, in which the king goes out to give alms to a poor peasant on St.
		In the journey, his page gives up the struggle against the cold weather and is aided by the king who provides a miracle of providing needed warmth in his footprints in the snow to use as he is followed.
		The subject of the carol is the historical Saint Wenceslas, (907–935), Duke of Bohemia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Good_King_Wenceslas (531 words)

	Good King Wenceslas lyrics and music
		The words to the carol "Good King Wenceslas" were written by John Mason Neale and published in 1853, the music originates in Finland 300 years earlier.
		Good King Wenceslas was the king of Bohemia in the 10th century.
		Good King Wenceslas was a Catholic and was martyred following his assassination by his brother Boleslaw and his supporters, his Saint's Day is September 28th, and he is the Patron Saint of the Czech Republic.
	www.carols.org.uk /good_king_wences1as.htm (137 words)

	Good King Wenceslas
		But "Wenceslas," despite its poor lyrics and its purely tangential connections to the holiday, will probably persevere over all rivals partly because of tradition and partly because of the perverse appeal of its good-natured narrative about feasting and suffering in the winter weather and, most of all, kindness.
		Wenceslas was later sainted, and legends of his good acts and miracles spread wide and far.
		He was a good and honest and strongly principled man -- as the song about him indicates -- too good, perhaps, because in 929 he was murdered by his envious and wicked younger brother.
	www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /Hymns_and_Carols/good_king_wenceslas.htm (1821 words)

	Royalty.nu - "Good King" Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia
		Royalty.nu - "Good King" Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia
		Wenceslas was born around 907 in the castle of Stochov near Prague.
		Good King Wenceslas by John Mason Neale and Tim Ladwig.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Wenceslas.html (904 words)

	History of BOHEMIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ottakar's son Wenceslas is only seven at the time of the disaster at Dürnkrut, yet Bohemia is stable enough for him to succeed his father on the throne without disturbance.
		Charles is elected German king in 1346, succeeds his father as king of Bohemia later in the same year, and is crowned emperor in Rome in 1355.
		The death of Wenceslas in 1419 is followed by almost two decades of extreme violence in the Hussite wars - resulting from the reforming ideas of John Huss and from the outrage provoked by his death.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac40 (1079 words)

	Good King Wenceslas:
		Wenceslas was translated from Boleslav’s castle, Mladá Boleslav, to Saint Vitus’ Cathedral in Prague on March 4.
		Wenceslas had never been known for his ability as a war leader, but it was important that his legend grow to include this quality of a strong king.
		The early lives of Ludmila and Wenceslas in fact show an unexpected reversal of certain notions that many historians of medieval women have established: while Ludmila is the victim of a power struggle for the control of the polity, the role of virgin-martyr is left to her grandson.
	www.geocities.com /dhaytock/writings/title.wenceslas.html (6186 words)

	Good King Wenceslas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wenceslas was the Duke of Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) who was murdered in 929 AD by his wicked younger brother, Boleslav.
		As the song indicates, he was a good, honest, and strongly principled man. The song expresses his high moral character in describing King Wenceslas braving a fierce storm in order to help feed a poor neighbor.
		Wenceslas believed that his Christian faith needed to be put into action in practical ways.
	user.fundy.net /carters/good_king_wenceslas.htm (292 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It covers the early history of Bohemia and Central Europe, and how young Wenceslas was born into the ruling dynasty of Bohemian dukes, princes and kings.
		Good King Wenceslas is also known as Saint Wenceslas (in the UK) or Saint Wenceslaus (in the USA).
		The reader can learn not only about the life and death of Wenceslas, but also the history of his country after his death, with interesting stories like that of the Anglo-Saxon Princess Adivea (Elfgifa), daughter of King Edward the Elder, who was married, far from England, to Wenceslas's nephew, Boleslav II.
	www.wenceslas.co.uk /thestory.htm (271 words)

	Amazon.com: Good King Wenceslas (Picture Puffins): Books: J. M. Neale,Jamichael Henterly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The king makes his way through the snow, loaded with gifts, to share his wealth with the poor man. Henterly's majestic illustrations, in opulent colors, convey the difficulties of the peasant's search for fuel as well as the generous measures of the king.
		Ladwig's oversize double-page spreads are engaging and expressive, illustrating and enlivening this slightly adapted story-song from the moment when the king and his page spot the poor man gathering wood in the cold to their dangerous, icy trek to his house through the snow.
		King Wenceslas is presented as young man, with a concerned look on his face as he sees the tattered peasant "...gathering winter fuel." As the Page and the King carry food and pine logs to the peasant's dwelling, the winter cold grows harsher.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140549420?v=glance (1042 words)

	‘Good King Wenceslas’ Top Carol for 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		“He wasn’t actually a king, but instead a duke of Bohemia, and his name in Czech was actually Vaclav,” explains Studwell, a retired professor from Northern Illinois University who is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic of Christmas carols.
		While the writer of the lyrics, John Mason Neale, took some liberties with name and title of the inspiration for his carol, he did have at least one fact correct: Wenceslas (or Vaclav, as the case may be) was definitely considered good.
		Many legends were attributed to Wenceslas, and it was around one of these that Neale built his carol, which was first published in 1853.
	www.niu.edu /PubAffairs/RELEASES/2003/dec/wenceslas.shtml (550 words)

	King Wenceslas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Crown of Wenceslas is the symbol of Czech independence.
		If only King Wenceslas were here today so those youth could follow in his footsteps through the snow and be protected by his body from the cold wind instead of resorting to death for comfort.
		Reject their depraved consumerism and instead aspire to be like Good King Wenceslas in our own lives.
	www.orwelltoday.com /wenceslas.shtml (840 words)

	Saint Wenceslas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Thanks to the popular carol, "Good King Wenceslas," we have traditionally come to associate this saintly monarch with Nativity; the 19th century English verses relate an incident which took place "on the feast of Stephen," celebrated by the Church on December 27.
		Prince Wenceslas preferred to be ruled by the "suzerainty of the empire", believing King Henry to be the rightful heir of Charlemagne, than to see his country crushed by the Germans if he rejected their rule.
		Though warned of danger, Wenceslas put his trust in God and went, as his custom was, to the church dedicated to the feast at hand--the castle chapel of Boleslas.
	www.roca.org /OA/45/45f.htm (1451 words)

	Good King Wenceslas
		Wenceslas was the Duke of Bohemia who was murdered in 929 AD by his wicked younger brother, Boleslav.
		As the song indicates, he was a good, honest, and strongly principled man. The song expresses his high moral character in describing King Wenceslas braving a fierce storm in order to help feed a poor neighbour.
		Wenceslas affirms that we are not alone, and subtly points to the basic Christmas message that Jesus our Master will never leave us in the cold.
	www3.bc.sympatico.ca /st_simons/cr9212.htm (530 words)

	St Michael and All Angels, Inverness - Good King Wenceslas
		St Stephen's Day, 26th December, is mentioned in Good King Wenceslaus as the day on which Good King Wenceslaus saw a poor man in the distance and, moved with compassion, he set off for the man's house taking gifts of food and wine and pine logs for his fire.
		The King alleviated his sufferings by warming the path with the heat from his saintly footprints.
		The Czech people never forgot their Good King and soon the legend grew that in times of great difficulty Wenceslaus would return to come to the aid of his people.
	www.angelforce.co.uk /stmichael/wenceslas.html (1257 words)

	Good King Wenceslas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wenceslas and his servant go out in the bad weather.
		Wenceslas is Saint Wenceslaus (or Vaclav, to use the non-Latinate form) of Bohemia (c.
		Several later kings shared his name, including the famously incompetent Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361-1419, Holy Roman Emperor from 1378 but deposed 1400).
	www.csufresno.edu /folklore/ballads/FSWB382.html (236 words)

	Duncan Royale King Wenceslas
		A regal figure who embodies the spirit of Christmas generosity is Good King Wenceslas, who lived between 907 and 929 A.D. Although mainly known from the famous Christmas carol that bears his name and which was only written in the last century, Wenceslas actually was a real king of Bohemia in Czechoslovakia.
		When those in charge of the forests told the young king that the wood was mysteriously disappearing, Wenceslas told them to try to catch the thief and punish him but not to take the wood away from him.
		A little later, Wenceslas, in disguise, was caught stealing the wood and was punished.
	www.christmas-treasures.com /duncan_royale/Collection/SantaIII/KingWenceslas.htm (418 words)

	GOOD KING WENCESLAS
		Sire, he lives a good league hence, underneath the mountain, Right against the forest fence, by Saint Agnes' fountain.
		Mark my footsteps my good page, tread thou in them boldly Thou shalt find the winter's rage freeze thy blood less coldly.
		In his master's steps he trod where the snow lay dinted Heat was in the very sod which the saint had printed Therefore Christian men be sure, wealth or rank possessing, Ye who now will bless the poor, shall yourselves find blessing.
	www.catholic.net /rcc/music/midi/christmas/king.html (212 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wenceslas is known from the carol 'Good King Wenceslas' by John Mason Neale, for delivering wood to the needy, as shown in one of the paintings in Stara Boleslav.
		As a result of his radical stand at university, he was not able to find a job as a priest and thus became a warden in Sackville College in East Grinstead, England.
		It is here, where he wrote the famous carol, 'Good King Wenceslas', as well as many other carols and Christian songs.
	www.wenceslas.co.uk /page7.html (157 words)

	Good King Wenceslas
		The melody to this carol was written in the 16th century.
		The lyrics, based on a Bohemian legend about Saint Wenceslas, were later added by John M. Neale in the mid-1800s to celebrate the feast of Saint Stephen (the first Christian martyr) on December 26.
		Good King Wenceslas look'd out On the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, Deep and crisp, and even.
	www.bhg.com /bhg/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/13879.xml&catref=SC1544 (397 words)

	GOOD KING WENCESLAS
		Rather confusingly, the numbering starts with Wenceslas Ist in the 13th century, yet the earliest Wenceslas, referred to as Saint Wenceslas, the patron saint of the Czech nation - dates from the 10th century.
		Wenceslas however is a proven historical figure, whose remains lie in the Prague cathedral.
		Though Podiven was indeed the name of Wenceslas' servant, who was devoted to his master, there is no specific record that he, like others, was 'bought out' by Wenceslas.
	kresadlo.cz /goodking.htm (4802 words)

	Australia Adlib - Rounds Upon Good King Wenceslas
		Here are some of the words to The Good King himself, should you wish to join in.
		I perform at folk clubs from time to time and have appeared on ABC-TV some years ago in a program called 'Australia All Over', as well as on Channel 9 news and several times on ABC radio.
		I perform simple accompaniments, rounds, and 'partner tunes' - this is where 2 different tunes have related rhythm and harmony and sound good together.
	www.abc.net.au /arts/adlib/stories/s884794.htm (1291 words)

	NPR : 'Good King Wenceslas'
		Statue of Saint Wenceslas in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
		Performance Today, December 20, 2005 · The real King Wenceslas was a 10th century Duke of Bohemia who became a Christian martyr.
		And nearly a millenium later, John Neale wrote his famous Christmas tune, Good King Wenceslas.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5062462 (156 words)

	Moviefone: Good King Wenceslas Movie: MAIN
		Prince Wenceslas (Jonathan Brandis) is the seventeen-year-old heir to the Czech crown, who has been pledged to marry the lovely Johanna...
		Good King Wenceslas - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summary, Comments, Discussion,...
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	movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1041952 (220 words)

	Brooks Williams -- Good King Wenceslas
		At least half of what he performs on his CDs is instrumental, showcasing his bluesy-tasty picking and strumming style.
		His version of Wenceslas featured dazzling guitar work.
		It was fate that, while talking to us about the holidays, Pete Seeger mentioned how Good King Wenceslas and a lot of other old traditional carols happened to be saved from obscurity back in the 1800's.
	www.wksu.org /ornaments2000/williams.html (171 words)

	Christmas Festival: Joy to the World/Deck the Halls/Good King Wenceslas by Arthur Fiedler: Song Music Downloads
		Christmas Festival: Joy to the World/Deck the Halls/Good King Wenceslas
		Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Christmas Festival: Joy to the World/Deck the Halls/Good King Wenceslas" on album Pops Christmas Party.
		Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Christmas Festival: Joy to the World/Deck the Halls/Good King Wenceslas" on album Pops Christmas Party.
	www.mp3.com /tracks/38012/dl_streams.html (139 words)

	Good King Wenceslas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even.
		Fails my heart, I know not how; I can go no longer.”
		“Mark my footsteps, my good page, tread now in them boldly,
	www.cyberhymnal.org /htm/g/o/goodking.htm (255 words)

	Good King Wenceslas - Christmas Song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mark my footsteps my good page, tread thou in them boldly
		Thou shalt find the winter's rage freeze thy blood less coldly.
		This page is located on the Iowa Mall.
	www.christmas-tree.com /real/christmassongs/goodkingwenceslas.html (242 words)

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