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Author Ehrstine, Glenn

Title Theater, culture, and community in Reformation Bern, 1523-1555 / by Glenn Ehrstine
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 346 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Studies in medieval and Reformation thought, 0585-6914 ; v. 85
Studies in medieval and Reformation thought ; v. 85. 0585-6914
Contents Preface and Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Performing the Protestant Reformation; Chapter Two: Bern at the Crossroads of Reform; Chapter Three: Protestant Carnival: A Contradiction in Terms?; Chapter Four: Theocracy and Theater; Chapter Five: Protestant Visual Culture and the Stage; Chapter Six: Music, Play, and Worship; Chapter Seven: Mediating Change; Appendix: Song Texts; Bibliography; Index of Persons; Index of Places; Index of Subjects; Index of Biblical Citations
Summary This study examines the sociocultural context of ten plays, including 15 song texts, performed during the formative years of the Bernese Reformation. It treats not only three pre-reform carnival plays by Niklaus Manuel, but also six newly edited works by local court secretary Hans von Rute
Analysis Humaniora Teater og dans
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-331) and indexes
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Subject Swiss drama (German) -- Switzerland -- Bern (Canton) -- History and criticism
Swiss drama (German) -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Christian drama, German -- Switzerland -- Bern (Canton) -- History and criticism
Theater -- Switzerland -- Bern (Canton) -- History -- 16th century
Protestantism and literature.
Reformation -- Switzerland -- Bern (Canton)
Arts, Swiss -- Switzerland -- Bern (Canton)
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- History & Criticism.
Arts, Swiss
Christian drama, German
Protestantism and literature
Reformation
Swiss drama (German)
Swiss drama (German) -- Early modern
Theater
Reformatie.
Toneel.
Geistliches Drama -- Bern <Kanton> -- Geschichte 1523-1555.
SUBJECT Bern (Switzerland : Canton) -- Church history -- 16th century
Subject Switzerland -- Bern (Canton)
Bern <Kanton> -- Geistliches Drama -- Geschichte 1523-1555.
Genre/Form Church history
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1417536764
9781417536764
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9789047401254
1280466502
9781280466502
9786610466504
6610466505