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Author:

Lipton, Emma, 1964- author.

Title:

Cultures of witnessing : law and the York plays / Emma Lipton.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania Press,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

200 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

York plays.
York plays.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English--York.--York.
Theater--York--York--History--Medieval, 500-1500.
City and town life--York--York--History--To 1500.
Witnesses in literature.
Law in literature.
Witnesses--England--History--To 1500.
Law--England--History--To 1500.
Law and literature--England--History--To 1500.
English drama--To 1500--History and criticism.
Mysteres et miracles anglais--York.--York.
Theatre--York--York--Histoire--500-1500 (Moyen Age)
Droit dans la litterature.
Theatre anglais--Jusqu'a 1500--Histoire et critique.
City and town life.
English drama.
Law.
Law and literature.
Law in literature.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
Theater--Medieval.
Witnesses.
Witnesses in literature.
England.
England--York.
To 1500
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-193) and index.

Summary:

"In Cultures of Witnessing, Emma Lipton considers the plays that were performed in the streets of York on the Feast of Corpus Christi from the late fourteenth century until the third quarter of the sixteenth and shows how civic performance and the legal theory and practice of witnessing promoted a shared sense of urban citizenship"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

The Middle Ages series

ISBN:

081225385X
9780812253856

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1256627338

LCCN:

2021042879

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)