The mediaeval stage, volume 2 (of 2)
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Chapters (721)
- THE MEDIAEVAL STAGE
- CONTENTS
- BOOK III RELIGIOUS DRAMA
- CHAPTER XVIII LITURGICAL PLAYS
- CHAPTER XIX LITURGICAL PLAYS (continued)
- CHAPTER XX THE SECULARIZATION OF THE PLAYS
- CHAPTER XXI GUILD PLAYS AND PARISH PLAYS
- CHAPTER XXII GUILD PLAYS AND PARISH PLAYS (continued)
- CHAPTER XXIII MORALITIES, PUPPET-PLAYS, AND PAGEANTS
- BOOK IV THE INTERLUDE
- CHAPTER XXIV PLAYERS OF INTERLUDES
- CHAPTER XXV HUMANISM AND MEDIAEVALISM
- APPENDICES
- A THE TRIBUNUS VOLUPTATUM
- B TOTA IOCULATORUM SCENA
- C COURT MINSTRELSY IN 1306
- D THE MINSTREL HIERARCHY
- E EXTRACTS FROM ACCOUNT BOOKS
- I. Durham Priory.
- II. Maxstoke Priory.
- III. Thetford Priory.
- IV. Winchester College.
- V. Magdalen College, Oxford.
- VI. Shrewsbury Corporation.
- VII. The Howards of Stoke-by-Nayland, Essex.
- VIII. The English Court.
- F MINSTREL GUILDS
- A. France.
- B. England.
- G THOMAS DE CABHAM
- H PRINCELY PLEASURES AT KENILWORTH
- I. A Squire Minstrel.
- II. The Coventry Hock-Tuesday Show.
- I THE INDIAN VILLAGE FEAST
- J SWORD-DANCES
- I. Sweden (Sixteenth Century).
- II. Shetland (Eighteenth Century).
- K THE LUTTERWORTH ST. GEORGE PLAY
- THE CHRISTMAS MUMMERS’ PLAY.
- L THE PROSE OF THE ASS
- M THE BOY BISHOP
- I. The Sarum Office.
- II. The York Computus.
- N WINTER PROHIBITIONS
- I. 190-200. Tertullian.
- II. 190-200. Tertullian.
- III. †348. Prudentius.
- IV. †370. Pacianus, Bishop of Barcelona.
- V. 374-397. St. Ambrose.
- VI. 380-397. St. Chrysostom.
- VII. 380-397. St. Chrysostom.
- VIII. 388. St. Jerome.
- IX. †396. Asterius of Amasea.
- X. 387-430. St. Augustine.
- XI. †400. Severian.
- XII. 408-410. St. Jerome.
- XIII. †412-†465. Maximus of Turin.
- XIV. †412-†465. Maximus of Turin.
- XV. †412-†465. Maximus of Turin?
- XVI. Fifth century. St. Peter Chrysologus.
- XVII. 470-542. Caesarius of Arles?
- XVIII. ?470-542. Caesarius of Arles?
- XIX. 470-542. Caesarius of Arles?
- XX. 470-542. Caesarius of Arles.
- XXI. †554. Childebert.
- XXII. 567. Council of Tours.
- XXIII. 572-574. Martin of Braga.
- XXIV. †560. Martin, Bishop of Braga.
- XXV. 573-603. Council of Auxerre.
- XXVI. 6th cent. St. Samson, Bishop of Dôle.
- XXVII. 588-659. St. Eligius of Rouen?
- XXVIII. †636. St. Isidore of Seville.
- XXIX. †685. St. Aldhelm.
- XXX. 692. Quinisextine Council.
- XXXI. 714. Gregory II.
- XXXII. 731-741. Gregory III.
- XXXIII. †742. St. Boniface (alias Winfrid).
- XXXIV. †742. Pope Zachary.
- XXXV. 743. Council of Rome.
- XXXVI. †750. Priminius.
- XXXVII. †766. Egbert.
- XXXVIII. †790-800. Lombard Capitulary.
- XXXIX. †Eighth century. Homilia de Sacrilegiis.
- XL. Ninth century. Pseudo-Theodore.
- XLI. †915. Regino of Prüm.
- XLII. Before 1024. Burchardus of Worms.
- O THE REGULARIS CONCORDIA OF ST. ETHELWOLD
- P THE DURHAM SEPULCHRUM
- p. 9. The Quire—The Passion.
- The Quire—The Resurrection.
- p. 26. The South Alley of the Lantern.
- Q THE SARUM SEPULCHRUM
- The Depositio.
- The Sepulchre Light.
- The Elevatio.
- The Censing in Easter Week.
- The Removal of the Sepulchre.
- R THE DUBLIN QUEM QUAERITIS
- S THE AUREA MISSA OF TOURNAI
- T SUBJECTS OF THE CYCLICAL MIRACLES
- U INTERLUDIUM DE CLERICO ET PUELLA
- V TERENTIUS ET DELUSOR
- W REPRESENTATIONS OF MEDIAEVAL PLAYS
- Index.
- Aberdeen, Scotland.
- Abingdon, Berkshire.
- Appledore, Kent.
- Baddow, Essex.
- Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire.
- Bath, Somersetshire.
- Bethersden, Kent.
- Beverley, Yorkshire.
- Billericay, Essex.
- Bishop Auckland, Durham.
- Boreham, Essex.
- Boxford, Suffolk.
- Braintree, Essex.
- Brentwood, Essex.
- Bristol, Gloucestershire.
- Brookland, Kent.
- Bungay, Suffolk.
- Burnham, Essex.
- Bury St. Edmund’s, Suffolk.
- Camborne, Cornwall.
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
- Canterbury, Kent.
- Chelmsford, Essex.
- Chester, Cheshire.
- Coggeshall, Essex.
- Colchester, Essex.
- Coleshill, Warwickshire.
- Coventry, Warwickshire.
- Croxton, Norfolk(?).
- Daventry, Northamptonshire.
- Dublin, Ireland.
- Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
- Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Easterford, Essex.
- Folkestone, Kent.
- Foston, Leicestershire.
- Fyfield, Oxfordshire.
- Garboldisham, Norfolk.
- Great Chart, Kent.
- Hadleigh, Essex.
- Halstead, Essex.
- Ham Street, Kent.
- Hanningfield, Essex.
- Harling, Norfolk.
- Hascombe, Surrey.
- Hereford, Herefordshire.
- Herne, Kent.
- Heybridge, Essex.
- High Easter, Essex.
- High Halden, Kent.
- Holbeach, Lincolnshire.
- Hull, Yorkshire.
- Hythe, Kent.
- Idbury, Oxfordshire.
- Ipswich, Suffolk.
- Ixworth, Suffolk.
- Kelvedon, Essex.
- Kendal, Westmoreland.
- Kenninghall, Norfolk.
- Kilkenny, Ireland.
- King’s Lynn, Norfolk.
- Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.
- Lancaster.
- Lanchire(?), Essex.
- Langley, Oxfordshire.
- Lavenham, Suffolk.
- Leconfield, Yorkshire.
- Leeds, Yorkshire.
- Leicester.
- Lichfield, Staffordshire.
- Lincoln.
- Little Baddow, Essex.
- London.
- Lopham, Norfolk.
- Louth, Lincolnshire.
- Lydd, Kent.
- Lyneham, Oxfordshire.
- Malden, Essex.
- Manningtree, Essex.
- Maxstoke, Warwickshire.
- Middleton, Norfolk.
- Mildenhall, Suffolk.
- Mile End, Middlesex.
- Milton, Oxfordshire.
- Morebath, Devonshire.
- Nayland, Essex.
- Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland.
- New Romney, Kent.
- Northampton, Northamptonshire.
- Norwich, Norfolk.
- Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
- Oxford, Oxfordshire.
- Penrhyn, Cornwall.
- Perranzabulo, Cornwall.
- Preston, Lancashire.
- Reading, Berkshire.
- Ruckinge, Kent.
- Rye, Sussex.
- Sabsford (?), Essex.
- Saffron Walden, Essex.
- St. Just, Cornwall.
- Salisbury, Wiltshire.
- Shelfhanger, Norfolk.
- Shipton, Oxfordshire.
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
- Sleaford, Lincolnshire.
- Stapleford, Essex.
- Stoke by Nayland, Essex.
- Stone, Kent.
- Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.
- Tintinhull, Somerset.
- Wakefield, Yorkshire.
- Wimborne Minster, Dorsetshire.
- Winchester, Hampshire.
- Windsor, Berks.
- Witham, Essex.
- Wittersham, Kent.
- Woodham Walter, Essex.
- Woodkirk, Yorkshire.
- Worcester, Worcestershire.
- Wrexham, Denbighshire.
- Writtle, Essex.
- Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
- Wye, Kent.
- Wymondham, Norfolk.
- Yarmouth, Norfolk.
- York, Yorkshire.
- X TEXTS OF MEDIAEVAL PLAYS AND EARLY TUDOR INTERLUDES
- I. MIRACLE-PLAYS.
- II. POPULAR MORALITIES.
- III. TUDOR MAKERS OF INTERLUDES.
- IV. LIST OF EARLY TUDOR INTERLUDES.
- FOOTNOTES
- SUBJECT INDEX
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