This is the only volume available to bring together a wide selection of primary sources from the theatrical history of the Middle Ages. The focus is on Western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Renaissance forms in Italy. Coverage includes the survival of Classical tradition and development of the liturgical drama, the growth of popular religious drama in the vernacular, and the pastimes and customs of the people. Each of the major medieval regions is featured and documents are presented in modern English translation.
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""Tydeman... his collaborators, and Cambridge University Press have performed a great service to theater historians. Not since A.M. Nagler's edited volume Sources of Theatrical History (1952) has anyone assembled such a comprehensive body of primary source materials...Libraries at all levels should buy and cherish this book." Choice
" The Medieval European Stage provides an excellent introduction to sources from across western Europe..." Renaissance Quaterly
"...this volume appears to be an essential reference work which contains translations of documents from the whole range of European drama through the middle of the sixteenth century...the book is a fine addition to work on the medieval European stage." The Early Drama, Art, and Music Review
"There can be no doubt that the general introductions to regions are phenomenalistic and superficial, while the documentary evidence is fascinating and makes good reading." Fifteenth-Century Studies,/i>
" The Medieval European Stage provides an excellent introduction to sources from across western Europe..." Renaissance Quaterly
"...this volume appears to be an essential reference work which contains translations of documents from the whole range of European drama through the middle of the sixteenth century...the book is a fine addition to work on the medieval European stage." The Early Drama, Art, and Music Review
"There can be no doubt that the general introductions to regions are phenomenalistic and superficial, while the documentary evidence is fascinating and makes good reading." Fifteenth-Century Studies,/i>
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This is the only volume available to bring together a wide selection of primary sources from the theatrical history of the Middle Ages. The focus is on Western Europe between the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Renaissance forms in Italy. Coverage includes the survival of Classical tradition and development of the liturgical drama, the growth of popular religious drama in the vernacular, and the pastimes and customs of the people. Each of the major medieval regions is featured and documents are presented in modern English translation.
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The performing traditions of early medieval western Europe were, no doubt, sparse in comparison with those of the later Roman Empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spel van sinne, dominica persona, aerial machinery, aforesaid play, teatro medieval, abele spelen, quem queritis, origini del teatro italiano, par personnages, medieval theatre, rhymed text, religious theatre, sacre rappresentazioni, liturgical drama, medieval drama, bilingual cities, same guild, play contests, los reyes magos, liturgical pieces, religious drama, town accounts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Corpus Christi, Our Lady, Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, Palm Sunday, Middle Ages, Low Countries, Good Friday, Mary Magdalene, Old Testament, Mount of Olives, New York, Bishop of Fools, Chambers of Rhetoric, John the Baptist, New Romney, Vigil Raber, Boy Bishop, Holy Week, Last Supper, Anglo-Norman Adam, New Testament, The Castle of Perseverance, Cyprus Passion, Easter Day New!
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The performing traditions of early medieval western Europe were, no doubt, sparse in comparison with those of the later Roman Empire. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
spel van sinne, dominica persona, aerial machinery, aforesaid play, teatro medieval, abele spelen, quem queritis, origini del teatro italiano, par personnages, medieval theatre, rhymed text, religious theatre, sacre rappresentazioni, liturgical drama, medieval drama, bilingual cities, same guild, play contests, los reyes magos, liturgical pieces, religious drama, town accounts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Corpus Christi, Our Lady, Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, Palm Sunday, Middle Ages, Low Countries, Good Friday, Mary Magdalene, Old Testament, Mount of Olives, New York, Bishop of Fools, Chambers of Rhetoric, John the Baptist, New Romney, Vigil Raber, Boy Bishop, Holy Week, Last Supper, Anglo-Norman Adam, New Testament, The Castle of Perseverance, Cyprus Passion, Easter Day New!
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- The Theatre of Medieval Europe: New Research in Early Drama (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) by Eckehard Simon on 6 pages
- Non-Cycle Plays and Fragments (Early English Text Society Supplementary Series) by Norman Davis on 5 pages
- Drama of the Medieval Church by K. Young on 4 pages
- A Survey of London: Reprinted from the text of 1603 2 volumes (Oxford Scholarly Classics) by John Stow on 4 pages
- Early English Drama: An Anthology (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities) by John C. Coldewey on 4 pages
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