Female Performance and Spectatorship in a Medieval Nunnery / Aurélie Blanc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanc, Aurélie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and the arts.

Religious drama, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Arc Humanities Press, 2024.

Summary:

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. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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

Conclusion

Appendix 1 : Interview Questions

Appendix 2 : Script of The 2018 Production of the Barking Elevatio and Visitatio Sepulchri

Bibliography.

Notes:

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