LEADER 03352oam 2200577I 450 001 9910962535903321 005 20251117090039.0 010 $a1-315-24952-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315249520 035 $a(CKB)3710000001081620 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4817054 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4817054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11356229 035 $a(OCoLC)975225096 035 $a(OCoLC)974642676 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139880 035 $a(BIP)59817203 035 $a(BIP)7346883 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001081620 100 $a20180706e20162002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aMasks and masking in medieval and early Tudor England /$fMeg Twycross and Sarah Carpenter 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (429 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aStudies in Performance and Early Modern Drama 300 $aFirst published 2002 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a0-7546-0230-3 311 08$a1-351-91931-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Popular masking -- pt. 2. Courtly masking -- pt. 3. Theatrical masking -- pt. 4. Theory and practice. 330 $aDrawing on broad research, this study explores the different social and theatrical masking activities in England during the Middle Ages and the early 16th century. The authors present a coherent explanation of the many functions of masking, emphasizing the important links among festive practice, specialized ceremonial, and drama. They elucidate the intellectual, moral and social contexts for masking, and they examine the purposes and rewards for participants in the activity. The authors' insight into the masking games and performances of England's medieval and early Tudor periods illuminates many aspects of the thinking and culture of the times: issues of identity and community; performance and role-play; conceptions of the psyche and of the individual's position in social and spiritual structures. Masks and Masking in Medieval and Early Tudor England presents a broad overview of masking practices, demonstrating how active and prominent an element of medieval and pre-modern culture masking was. It has obvious interest for drama and literature critics of the medieval and early modern periods; but is also useful for historians of culture, theatre and anthropology. Through its analysis of masked play this study engages both with the history of theatre and performance, and with broader cultural and historical questions of social organization, identity and the self, the performance of power, and shifting spiritual understanding. 410 0$aStudies in performance and early modern drama. 606 $aMasks$zEngland$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory$yTudors, 1485-1603 607 $aEngland$xSocial life and customs$y16th century 615 0$aMasks$xHistory. 676 $a391.4/34/0942 700 $aTwycross$b Meg.$01871263 701 $aCarpenter$b Sarah$01871264 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910962535903321 996 $aMasks and masking in medieval and early Tudor England$94480007 997 $aUNINA