Performance, ceremony and display in late medieval England
Subtitle: proceedings of the 2018 Harlaxton Symposium
By: edited by Julia Boffey
Series: Harlaxton medieval studies -- Volume thirty; Harlaxton medieval studies -- 30
Publisher: Shaun Tyas (an imprint of 'Paul Watkins')
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Donington, Lincolnshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781907730856
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Rites and ceremonies; Congresses; Religious Processions; Performance; Self-presentation; Ceremonial entries; Social life and customs; History; Manners and customs
Description: "The nineteen essays in this volume are concerned with some of the many ways in which performance, ceremony and display communicated meaning, visibly and audibly, in late medieval English life. Some of the essays deal with dramatic representation, others address the meanings communicated through specific rituals and ceremonies, or visual display, or social practices. Human bodies and voices are prominent concerns in essays that consider medieval plays and courtly poems, jousting, royal progresses, the activities of courts and of town criers, the regulation and performance of the liturgy, and varieties of music and song"--
Notes: "Essays from the 2018 Harlaxton Symposium"--Book jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: Performance, ceremony and display / Julia Boffey; title: Ceremony, display and performance; title: Some performance context; title: Performance and audience; title: Performing faith; title: Spaces and performance; title: Image, text and display.