Marys of medieval drama : the middle English Digby and N-town in translation / Colleen E. Donnelly.

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Donnelly, Colleen Elaine [author.]

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9789088903687
9088903689

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Marys of medieval drama.DDC classification:

822.009 23

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PR1260 .D66 2016eb

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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.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198).

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.

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