Female Performance and Spectatorship in a Medieval Nunnery : The Elevatio and Visitatio Sepulchri of Barking Abbey in Practice
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| Autore: |
Blanc Aurélie
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| Titolo: |
Female Performance and Spectatorship in a Medieval Nunnery : The Elevatio and Visitatio Sepulchri of Barking Abbey in Practice
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2024 |
| ©2024 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (260 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 271.90042175 |
| Soggetto topico: | Monastic and religious life of women - Great Britain - History |
| Religious drama, English | |
| DRAMA / Medieval | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Introduction WOMEN AND MEDIEVAL DRAMA: THE EVIDENCE FROM ENGLAND -- TRANSCRIPT OF THE BARKING ELEVATIO AND VISITATIO SEPULCHRI -- Chapter 1 MEDIEVAL SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS IN THE BARKING ABBEY ELEVATIO AND VISITATIO SEPULCHRI -- Chapter 2 CONTEMPORARY SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS: PERFORMING THE BARKING ABBEY CEREMONIES IN 2018 -- Chapter 2 CONTEMPORARY SPECTATORS AND PARTICIPANTS PERFORMING THE BARKING ABBEY CEREMONIES IN 2018 -- Appendix 1 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS -- Appendix 2 SCRIPT OF THE 2018 PRODUCTION OF THE BARKING ELEVATIO AND VISITATIO SEPULCHRI -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Medieval women were active in many performative activities, including plays and ceremonies performed in nunneries. This volume focuses on monastic performances and, in particular, on performances given in the English abbey of Barking. The Barking ceremonies, commonly referred to as the Elevatio and Visitatio sepulchri, display complex ties with both drama and liturgy. The book uses historical and archaeological evidence to propose a discussion of the nuns' participation in these ceremonies--as performers, but also as scribes, composers, and patrons--and of the Elevatio and Visitatio's potential effects on their performers and spectators. It goes on to address related questions through the lens of a modern performance of the ceremonies, considering their relevance today. Discussion is presented within the context of a general overview of female performance in the Middle Ages. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Female Performance and Spectatorship in a Medieval Nunnery |
| ISBN: | 9781802702811 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910901778303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Early Social Performance Series