Julian calendar Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Charlemagne=== Much more lasting than the ephemeral month names of the post-Augustan Roman emperors were the [[Germanic calendar|Old High German names]] introduced by [[Charlemagne]]. According to his biographer, Charlemagne renamed all of the months agriculturally into German.<ref>Einhard, [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.asp#Reforms ''Life of Charlemagne'', 29].</ref> These names were used until the 15th century, over 700 years after his rule, and continued, with some modifications, to see some use as "traditional" month names until the late 18th century. The names (January to December) were: ''Wintarmanoth'' ("winter month"), ''Hornung'',<ref group=note>This name of February, the only name in the list without the "month" suffix, is explained by König, ''Festschrift Bergmann'' (1997), pp. 425 ff. as a collective of ''[[:wikt:horn|horn]]'', taken to refer to the antlers shed by [[red deer]] during this time. Older explanations compare the name with Old Frisian ''horning'' (Anglo-Saxon ''hornung-sunu'', Old Norse ''hornungr'') meaning "bastard, illegitimate son", taken to imply a meaning of "disinherited" in reference to February being the shortest of months.</ref> ''Lentzinmanoth'' ("spring month", "[[:wikt:Lent|Lent]] month"), ''Ostarmanoth'' ("[[:wikt:Easter|Easter]] month"), ''Wonnemanoth'' ("[[:wikt:Appendix:Proto-Germanic/wunjō|joy]]-month", a corruption of ''Winnimanoth'' "pasture-month"), ''Brachmanoth'' ("[[:wikt:Brache|fallow]]-month"), ''Heuuimanoth'' ("hay month"), ''Aranmanoth'' ("[[:wikt:earnian|reaping]] month"), ''Witumanoth'' ("wood month"), ''Windumemanoth'' ("vintage month"), ''Herbistmanoth'' ("harvest month"), and ''Heilagmanoth'' ("holy month"). Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page