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dc.contributor.authorBlanc, Aurélie
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T13:12:17Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T13:12:17Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/94122
dc.description.abstractMedieval 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.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEarly Social Performanceen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianityen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVJ Prayers and liturgical material::QRVJ1 Worship, rites, ceremonies and ritualsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medievalen_US
dc.subject.otherBarking Abbey; medieval convent drama project; medieval nuns; drama;en_US
dc.titleFemale Performance and Spectatorship in a Medieval Nunneryen_US
dc.title.alternativeThe "Elevatio" and "Visitatio sepulchri" of Barking Abbey in Practiceen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.2307/jj.21570588
oapen.relation.isPublishedBye8579ecb-7a9a-49c1-9777-413adf1559c9en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781802702415en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781802702255en_US
oapen.pages260en_US
oapen.place.publicationLeedsen_US


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