Origins of Carols
Gone Medieval
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The Role of the Carol in the Early Churches
The Carol was disseminated throughout the sort of 15th century mainly, that's when we start seeing it in text for sure. The Franciscans played quite a big role in it. We find carols in a lot of manuscripts connect to the Franciscans. James Ryman, a Franciscan friar wrote quite a lot of carols. And so we see this sort of importance within that Franciscan frame of thought,. A Dominican frame of thought of being able to get messages across.
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