The marys of medieval drama - DONNELLY, Colleen E.,
The middle English digby and n-town intranslation
KORTE INHOUD
Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary continue to intrigue and fascinate us to this day. Their appearances in the Bible are brief, piquing our curiosity and compelling speculation about the unknown years of their lives. This volume contains modern translations of plays performed during the late Middle Ages in England about the lives of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene. These plays provide a link between canonical Scripture, apocryphal and gnostic materials from the first centuries of Christianity that survived secreted or in oral tradition, legendary materials that developed over the ensuing centuries, and contemporary medieval religious belief and practices.
Materials from the _N-Town Mary_ and other plays contain episodes about the childhood of the Virgin, her betrothal and marriage to Joseph, and her time after the death of Christ. The _Digby Mary Magdalene_ begins with an account of the death of Mary Magdalene's father's death, her subsequent fall into promiscuity, her redemption, her journey to convert Ma...
Materials from the _N-Town Mary_ and other plays contain episodes about the childhood of the Virgin, her betrothal and marriage to Joseph, and her time after the death of Christ. The _Digby Mary Magdalene_ begins with an account of the death of Mary Magdalene's father's death, her subsequent fall into promiscuity, her redemption, her journey to convert Ma...
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Leiden, 2016. 198p. Paperback. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: DONNELLY, Colleen E.,] [Uitgever: Sidestone Press] [Jaar: 2016] [Titel: The Marys of Medieval Drama. The Middle English Digby and N-Town in Translation]
