Everyday Life in Medieval London Quotes

“St Paul’s became the East Minster in London while its twin foundation of St Peter’s became the West Minster.”
― Toni Mount, Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors

“The old deities were definitely not forgotten and never will be while we have our English names for the days of the week: Tuesday is Tiw’s day (he was the god of war); Wednesday is Woden’s day; Thursday is Thunor’s day (he was the god of thunder); Friday is the goddess Frigg’s day and Eostre, the goddess of springtime, is remembered in the word ‘Easter’ – so that isn’t a Christian festival at all.”
― Toni Mount, Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors

“Much of what we know of the old gods comes from the Vikings because the Scandinavians had similar beliefs and told similar stories of their gods who had near-identical names to those of the Anglo-Saxon gods. However, the Scandinavians remained pagan for longer and so developed a written tradition before the stories were lost. Therefore, most of what we think we know about the Anglo-Saxon religion is guesswork and based on the writings of the Vikings.”
― Toni Mount, Everyday Life in Medieval London: From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors