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Book SynopsisStaging History unites essays by nine specialists in the field of late medieval and early Renaissance drama. Their focus is on English, Dutch and Humanist German drama, as well as on a modern Swiss adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V. Featuring prominently in this book are plays by, among others, John Bale, Jacob Schoepper, Johannes Agricola and Jacob Duym. Special attention is also paid to the Croxton Play of the Sacrament and the Dutch abele spelen. So far this topic has not received wide attention within the world of medieval and early Renaissance studies. This exploration aims at arousing more interest in this field by scholars working on European drama from the late Middle Ages and the early Renaissance.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors Introduction Peter Happé and Wim Hüsken 1 From Mrs Noah’s “Rok” to Absalom’s “Kultour” The Trail of the Spinning Woman and the Great Rising of 1381 Heather Hill 2 Laying with the Past History in the Croxton Play of the Sacrament and King Johan Thomas Betteridge 3 Historical Elements in Bale’s Plays Peter Happé 4 History in the Long Shadow of Allegory Revisiting the Morality Heritag Richard Hillman 5 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall … History in Late Medieval Drama from the Low Countries Wim Hüsken 6 “An Easy Commerce of the Old and New” Rhetoricians and the Use of the Past Elsa Strietman 7 Staging Reformation as History – Three Exemplary Cases Agricola, Hartmann, Kielmann Cora Dietl 8 Dramatising History in Schoepper’s Ioannes Decollatus and Grimald’s Archipropheta Mike Pincombe 9 Helvetic Henry? A Swiss Adaptation of Henry V, or Something Near Enough Elisabeth Dutton Index
