UID:
almafu_9961698108702883
Format:
1 online resource (ix, 246 pages
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-84615-515-0
Series Statement:
Westfield Medieval Studies ; Volume 1
Content:
An investigation into the connections between the York Plays, religious observance, and the role played by the city itself. WINNER of the 2007 David Bevington Prize. The York Play is the earliest near-complete English civic mystery cycle. It evolved constantly throughout its long performance history, but the text that was recorded in the York Register shows that it was already a mature and elaborate civic festival by the time it was written down. This study uncovers the Cycle's connection with worship in York, in the sense both of devotional practice and of civic honour, informing a particular period in the cultural history of the city. The pageants in the Register show in their different ways how the community which devised and performed the Cycle regarded the celebration of the great summer feast of Corpus Christi. Moreover the principles of selection that give the Cycle its structure reflect the broader pattern of the liturgical calendar, with its other feasts and fasts. The Cycle bears witness not only to the practices of religious observance in York, but also to the ecclesiastical politics in which the city was caught up from the very beginning of the fifteenth century. PAMELA KING is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
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Civic drama and worship -- Corpus Christi play -- The York Cycle and Corpus Christi -- The selection and organisation of the Cycle -- From after Epiphany to Septuagesima -- Septuagesima to Quadragesima -- Quadragesima to Palm Sunday -- Feast of Feasts -- The Christmas season -- Holy Week and after -- The sacraments of the Church -- . . . or feast of fools -- Feast of fools?
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84384-098-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781846155154
