The Civic Cycles: Artisan Drama and Identity in Premodern England

by Nicole R. Rice and Margaret Aziza Pappano

The civic religious drama of late medieval England--financed, produced, and performed by craftspeople--offers one of the earliest forms of written literature by a non-elite group in Europe. In this innovative study, Nicole R. Rice and Margaret Aziza Pappano trace an artisanal perspective on medieval and early modern civic relations, analyzing selected plays from the cities of York and Chester individually and from a comparative perspective, in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268039003
• ISBN13: 9780268039004
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"