Farmer Giles of Ham - obviously Catholic?

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Hi All,

I've generally sort of assumed that Farmer Giles of Ham was set sometime in the dark ages in between the Romans and the 'heptarchy' of the Anglo Saxons. The story mentions the large number of petty kings, which would fit in nicely around this time. This also fits in well with the dates for St. Hilary, can we be any more specific with the dates of the other saints?

Perhaps the story fits into the 'Arthurian' age when Britain was ruled by the Britons not the English. If so the religion could perhaps be the Pelagian version of the Catholic sect or even the Celtic church (different haircuts on monks and date of easter).