Marys of medieval drama : the middle English Digby and N-town in translation / Colleen E. Donnelly.
2016
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Title
Marys of medieval drama : the middle English Digby and N-town in translation / Colleen E. Donnelly.
Published
Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Description
198 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Associated name
Summary
Contains modern translations of plays performed during the late Middle Ages in England about the lives of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. These plays provide a link between canonical Scripture, apocryphal and gnostic materials from the first centuries of Christianity that survived secreted or in oral tradition, legendary materials that developed over the ensuing centuries, and contemporary medieval religious belief and practices.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198).
Contents
Introduction : Women in early Christianity and the Middle Ages
The reputation of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene in the Middle Ages
Vernacular religion
Middle English Biblically based drama
Why these plays and what are their origins?
Historical and contemporary issues
Conclusion
A note on the modernized translation. The N-Town Mary Play and Marion materials
The Digby Mary Magdalene. Bibliography.
The reputation of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene in the Middle Ages
Vernacular religion
Middle English Biblically based drama
Why these plays and what are their origins?
Historical and contemporary issues
Conclusion
A note on the modernized translation. The N-Town Mary Play and Marion materials
The Digby Mary Magdalene. Bibliography.
Place of creation/publication
Netherlands.
Item Details
Call number
PR1260 .D66 2016