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	Lord Of Misrule - LoveToKnow 1911
		LORD OF MISRULE, in medieval times the master of the Christmas revels.
		Probably J. Frazer (Golden Bough III.) is right in suggesting that the lord or abbot of misrule is the successor of the king of the ancient Roman Saturnalia, who personated Saturn and suffered martyrdom at the end of the revels.
		By an Act of Common Council (1555) the city expenses of the Lords of Misrule were severely curtailed.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lord_Of_Misrule (181 words)

	Lord Of Misrule
		Ferrers received his appointment at Christmas, 1551, and although his literary performances as lord of misrule seem to have perished, a good deal of valuable correspondence illustrative of his functions and proceedings is inserted in Mr.
		The Sheriff's lord met the King's lord on the present occasion, and on others, and the two joined in procession through a portion of the City, till the King's lord took leave of his brother-mome at Tower wharf by Sheriff Maynard's procession with his torch-light.
		Machyn's description of lord of misrule, in 1553, is too curious and picturesque to be omitted.
	www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com /Text/Brands/lord_of_misrule.htm (1578 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Lord of Misrule
		The Lord of Misrule, known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason was an officer appointed at Halloween to preside over the Feast of Fools[?].
		The Lord of Misrule was generally a peasant appointed to be in charge of the revelry, which often included drunkenness and wild partying.
		In ancient Rome, from the 17th to the 23rd of December, a Lord of Misrule was appointed for the feast of Saturnalia, in the guise of the good god Saturn.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/lo/Lord_of_Misrule (365 words)

	lord - definition by dict.die.net
		A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
		Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.
		Lord Cadde I don't hesitate to declare Unworthy the father-in-legal care Of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth That Cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; For, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage Of existence that's marked by the vices of age.
	dict.die.net /lord (1177 words)

	Day 4: The Lord of Misrule
		The Lord of Misrule is one of the lost characters of the riotous Medieval Christmas celebration.
		Sometime in November, it was customary among the European peasantry to draw lots for the title of Lord of Misrule.
		Records from as late as the 3rd century suggest that the merry reign of the king of the revels came to a rather unjolly end when the chosen one was unceremoniously sacrificed on the altar of Saturn.
	www.castlearcana.com /christmas/day4.html (236 words)

	Duncan Royale Lord of Misrule
		The Lord of Misrule was the master of revelry during the feast of Twelfth Night, the last day of Christmas festivities in merry England.
		The Lord of Misrule was given a very real power in that, all, even the king had to submit to his whims during his reign.
		Among the commoners, the Lord of Misrule presided over less orderly practices in the streets and sometimes took control of a whole village.
	www.christmas-treasures.com /duncan_royale/Collection/SantaII/LordofMusrule.htm (252 words)

	The 'Merry Bel-mas Bible Code
		The first part of the quotation relates to the name of Bel-mas in the code as "Lord of Slavery." By this phrase, Bel is mockingly identified with, "The Lord of Misrule!" This is the servant that ruled as Lord temporarily over his master at Christmas time.
		"Lord of the Covenant," signifies "Lord of the fir-tree."
		Baal-Qoph ("Lord of Apes") is in a contest with the Lord Jesus, as repeatedly said over the past two years.
	www.bible-codes.org /merry_bel-mas_code.htm (3328 words)

	George W-- The Lord of Misrule
		As I watched the President jest, chortle, and wink at Elizabeth, the visiting Queen of England, remarking on her visit to this country in 1776 as opposed to 1976, I thought of the role of the court jester during holidays as he played the Lord of Misrule.
		The reign of our Lord of Misrule has turned our world inside out and upside down – a world in which honor means betrayal – justice means oppression – and truth – well, truth is whatever our President says it is at any given moment, subject to revision by W and his minions.
		But it is the role of our Lord of Misrule to embellish the truth until it becomes a lie, and tell lies until they appear as the truth, all in the name of ignoring the Constitution and consolidating power.
	www.opednews.com /articles/opedne_sherman__070509_george_w___the_lord_.htm (588 words)

	Lord of Misrule — Infoplease.com
		A similar “lord” was appointed by the lord mayor of London, the sheriffs, and the chief nobility.
		Lord of Misrule - Lord of Misrule called in Scotland Abbo of Unreason, prohibited in 1555.
		Abbot of Misrule - Abbot of Misrule or Lord of Misrule A person who used to superintend the Christmas diversions.
	www.infoplease.com /dictionary/brewers/lord-misrule.html (217 words)

	Lord of Misrule
		The Lord of Misrule, known in Scotland as the Abbot of Unreason and in France as the Prince des Sots was an officer appointed by lot at Christmas to preside over the Feast of Fools.
		The Lord of Misrule was generally a peasant or sub-deacon appointed to be in charge of Christmas revelries, which often included drunkenness and wild partying, in the pagan tradition of Yule.
		The celebration of the Feast of Fools was outlawed by the Council of Basel that sat from 1431, but it survived to be put down again by Catholic Mary in England in 1555.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/lo/lord_of_misrule.html (906 words)

	ALL MY TUDORS...history chat
		The Lord of Misrule is one of the lost characters of the riotous Medieval Christmas celebration.
		Records from as late as the 3rd century suggest that the merry reign of the king of the revels came to a rather unjolly end when the chosen one was unceremoniously sacrificed on the altar of Saturn.
		Out on the streets among the common people, the Lord of Misrule was head of the Mummers, a traveling band of rowdy players who roamed the streets in costume performing plays, songs, and so on.
	groups.msn.com /ALLMYTUDORShistorychat/page33.msnw (478 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		The Lord of Misrule was generally a peasant or sub-deacon appointed to be in charge of Christmas revelries, which often included drunkenness and wild partying, in the pagan tradition of Saturnalia.
		Significantly, for Asterius the Christian feast was explicitly an entry from darkness into light, and although no conscious solar nature could have been expressed, it is certainly the renewed light at midwinter, which was celebrated among Roman pagans, officially from the time of Aurelian, as the "festival of the birth of the Unconquered Sun".
		While the mediaeval and later Roman custom of a Lord of Misrule as a master of revels, a figure of fun and no more than that, is most familiar, there does seem to be some indication of an earlier and more unpleasant aspect to this figure.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Lord_of_Misrule (661 words)

	The Lords of Misrule and Mummers - Associated Content
		This activity with the “anything goes” attitude was a prelude to the Lords of Misrule and Mummers.
		Monks were to act as the Lords of Misrule and the abbots served as Lords of Unreason.
		When mummers and the Lords of Misrule began to display their uninhibited behavior in the newly developed New England colony area of America, the straight-laced Puritans were not amused.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/64735/the_lords_of_misrule_and_mummers.html (531 words)

	LORD OF MISRULE - Online Information article about LORD OF MISRULE
		House, wheresoever he lodged, a Lord of Misrule or Master of merry disports, and the like had ye in the house of every nobleman of See also:
		city expenses of the Lords of Misrule were severely curtailed.
		Machyn speaks of a Lord of Misrule who in 1561 rode through London followed by a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /MIC_MOL/MISRULE_LORD_OF.html (590 words)

	Fiction: Dressed All in Green, Oh, by Jay Lake
		That year's Lord of Misrule was a great brute of a man, son of Mhaire, a Traveler woman, and a flamoor sailor off a Dutch spice trader, abandoned to be raised by thieves.
		While about his mercies, the Lord had happened upon the Wren Boys cheering one another toward their annual rites of bird-murder in the name of the Holly King, and taking His Lordship's name in vain.
		The Lord and Robin each saw Mhaire the Traveler in the other's face, and they knew that winter and summer were truly brothers.
	www.strangehorizons.com /2003/20030217/rushes-two.shtml (723 words)

	December 24th Part 2
		In the accompanying engraving, one of these Lords of Misrule is shewn with a fool's bauble as his badge of office, and a page, who acts as his assistant or confederate in conducting the jocularities.
		We are informed that a favourite mode for his lordship to enter on the duties of his office was by explaining to the company that he absolved them of all their wisdom, and that they were to be just wise enough to make fools of themselves.
		Moreover, he (the Lord of Misrule) came endowed with a magic power to turn all his auditory into children, and that, while his sovereignty lasted, he should take care that they conducted themselves as such.
	www.thebookofdays.com /months/dec/24a.htm (3282 words)

	Curiosities of Literature: Ancient and Modern Saturnalia
		The Lord of Misrule then issued an edict to his officers to go out at Twelfth-night to collect his rents, in the neighbourhood of the Temple, at the rate of five shillings a house; and on those who were in their beds, or would not pay, he levied a distress.
		This being complained of to my Lord Mayor, he said he would be with them about eleven o’clock on Sunday night last; willing that all that ward should attend him with their halberds, and that himself, besides those that came out of his house, should bring the Watches along with him.
		He says that the Lord of Misrule, on being selected takes twenty to sixty others “lyke hymself” to act as his guard, who are decorated with ribbons, scarfs, and bells on their legs.
	www.spamula.net /col/archives/2005/10/ancient_and_modern_saturnalia.html (4051 words)

	Lord of misrule Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
		Lord of the Flies took a long time brewing.
		Twenty-five years ago, as a writer who admired not only Lord of the Flies but others of his books, especially The Spire, I went to see William Golding in his house near Salisbury, the house bought by the money from the novel that made his name.
		He looked a wise man, he looked a capable man, as he was with boats and gardens and carpentry, he looked a kindly man. I never saw him roused: I have an (unproven) feeling that a powerful arousal would not have been entirely out of character.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20041001/ai_n12815005 (935 words)

	Mardi Gras Digest.Com - Carnival News Online!
		The Ball Captain, or The Lord of Misrule as he is known, was introduced, depicting the Mystic Forest Keeper.
		After all the major costumes were presented it was time for the Lord of Misrule to crown the new Lord King and Lord King Consort in their coronation ceremony.
		Once the Coronation was done and the New Lord King and Lord King Consort greeted their public it was time for the Grand March, which brought everyone back on to the stage for a traditional Second-line parade around the stage.
	www.mardigrasdigest.com /Sec_KQ/Lords_of_Leather.htm (430 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- 'Lord of Misrule' kicks off Brazil's Rio Carnival
		RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Fat King Momo, the Lord of Misrule, declared Carnival open in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro Friday and called on revelers to have fun but use condoms during five days of the world's biggest party.
		To the beat of samba drums, the King in red and white robes and crown received a giant symbolic key to the city from Mayor Cesar Maia who said he "officially abdicated" until Ash Wednesday, transferring all his powers to the Carnival Emperor.
		Meanwhile in the streets teeming with tourists from all around the globe, loud processions blasting out samba tunes were clogging the traffic as happy clerks hurried home from work ahead of a long Carnival break.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050204-1318-life-brazil-carnival.html (640 words)

	Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > The Lord of Misrule
		During the Roman Saturnalia all class distinctions were abolished, with slaves and their masters switching roles, and laws that normally governed sensible behavior virtually suspended.
		In medieval times, most Europeans adopted the Roman taste for a good time by electing a Lord of Misrule, or King of Fools.
		This harlequin king went by many names: King of the Bean in England, the Abbot of Unreason in Scotland, the Abbe de la Malgouveme in France.
	www.reason.com /blog/show/117559.html (862 words)

	The Lord of Misrule by Debbie Henderson - Official sffworld.com review
		Raurdyn, the Lord of Misrule, is a beautiful, sensuous, drunken fellow who is also an accomplished thief.
		His best friend, nicknamed Ratsey, appropriately, is the scion of a titled family who gave it all up for a life of thievery and debauchery.
		However, she is not above throwing modern slang into the mix of The Lord of Misrule.
	www.sffworld.com /brevoff/73.html (294 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee: Books: Christopher Lee,Alex Hamilton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The remarkable autobiography of one of our most distinguished actors, LORD OF MISRULE reviews Lee's astonishing life and career which spans nearly 60 years and culminates in his starring roles in STAR WARS and LORD OF THE RINGS.
		In "Lord of Misrule," Lee describes his long life with humor and solemn clarity, and with almost too many stories for the book to hold.
		Technically, "Lord of Misrule" isn't an entirely new book -- it was once published as "Tall Dark and Gruesome." But here it's updated with new information and photographs from the past few years, and new reflections from Lee.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Lord-Misrule-Autobiography-Christopher-Lee/dp/0752857703 (1358 words)

	Sports and Pastimes of the People of England: Book IV. Domestic Amusements of Various Kinds; and Pastimes Appropriated ...
		THE LORD OF MISRULE PECULIAR TO ENGLAND.--It is said of the English, that formerly they were remarkable for the manner in which they celebrated the festival of Christmas; at which season they admitted variety of sports and pastimes not known, or little practised in other countries.
		The mock prince, or lord of misrule, whose reign extended through the greater part of the holidays, is particularly remarked by foreign writers, who consider him as a personage rarely to be met with out of England;
		The binding part of the ceremony might naturally refer to the abject state of slavery in which the wretched Saxons were held by their imperious lords; and the donations for "pious uses," may be considered as tacit acknowledgments of gratitude to heaven for freeing the nation from its bondage.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/eng/spe/spe20.htm (10572 words)

	Lord - definition from Biology-Online.org
		But now i was the lord Of this fair mansion.
		One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
		When lord, in the old testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Lord (550 words)

	Misrule Products (Site not responding. Last check: )
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	josephbuckingham.com /misrule.html (235 words)

	Lawless lord is a creature of habit - theage.com.au
		The Lord of Misrule was in fact inspired by an organism called a kombucha, a fungus used to prepare a health tea.
		The nameless drug in Misrule is referred to as "She" for precisely that reason, says Sejavka.
		The Lord of Misrule is at the Carlton Courthouse, Drummond Street, Carlton, until June 15.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/05/30/1022569813942.html (1123 words)

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