I'm working on a seminary paper on the blood libel of Little Hugh of Lincoln (1255 CE). Naturally, there are discrepancies in the source material (mainly several chronicles and an Anglo-Norman poem). For example, the sources disagree on the day that Hugh disappeared, the day he was supposedly murdered, and the day his body was discovered by the locals.
Two of the sources, the Burton Annals and Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora, state that Hugh was kidnapped on or near the Vigil of St. Peter and St. Paul (the Burton Annals only refers to it as the Vigil of St. Peter). Searching online, it seems that this vigil or feast takes place on June 29. However, all historians who've discussed these two sources state that this vigil took place on July 31, i.e., Hugh was supposedly kidnapped on July 31, 1255, according to the Annals and Paris. I assume there's something I'm missing here on how this holiday works, or perhaps a change in what day it was to be celebrated.
Anyone know what's going on here?
Two of the sources, the Burton Annals and Matthew Paris's Chronica Majora, state that Hugh was kidnapped on or near the Vigil of St. Peter and St. Paul (the Burton Annals only refers to it as the Vigil of St. Peter). Searching online, it seems that this vigil or feast takes place on June 29. However, all historians who've discussed these two sources state that this vigil took place on July 31, i.e., Hugh was supposedly kidnapped on July 31, 1255, according to the Annals and Paris. I assume there's something I'm missing here on how this holiday works, or perhaps a change in what day it was to be celebrated.
Anyone know what's going on here?