Medieval French Miracle Plays: Seven Falsely Accused Women

by Carol J. Harvey

In the Middle Ages, religious theater was a popular medium for both the edification and the entertainment of the public. This book centers on seven of the forty "Miracles de Nostre Dame par personnages" plays, produced annually for the Goldsmiths' Guild of Paris and surviving in the 14th-century Cange Manuscript. This is the first in-depth study of a subset performed between 1368 and 1379 about women unjustly accused of adultery or monstrous birth,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846822734
• ISBN13: 9781846822735
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"