The drama of the medieval church
By: by Karl Young.
Publisher: The Clarendon press
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Subjects: Catholic Church -- Liturgy; Drama, Medieval; Drama, Medieval -- History and criticism; Mysteries and miracle-plays, Latin; Latin drama, Medieval and modern
Notes: "Reprinted lithographically from corrected sheets of the first edition."

Collection of extant examples of church drama employed by the medieval church in western Europe as a part of public worship; text interspersed with commentary.
Table of contents: title: v.1. The liturgy of the Church of Rome. Dramatic and other literary aspects of the Roman liturgy. Plays associated with the resurrection and the passion.; title: v.2. Plays associated with the nativity. Plays upon other subjects from the Bible and from legends. Appendices: The Easter sepulchre. The Shrewsbury fragments. Extracts from the writings of reformers. Miscellaneous records and references. List of books (p. [544]-562) Index.