European Medieval Drama An annual journal devoted to the study of the drama of the European Middle Ages, published in association with the Société Internationale pour l étude du Théâtre Médiéval
EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL DRAMA Editorial Board Jelle Koopmans (General Editor), Universiteit van Amsterdam Cora Dietl, Universität Gießen Katell Lavéant (Reviews Editor), Universiteit Utrecht and Universiteit van Amsterdam Lenke Kovács, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona) Advisory Board John Coldewey, University of Washington Alan Hindley, University of Hull Alexandra Johnston, University of Toronto Pamela King, University of Bristol Gordon Kipling, UCLA Nerida Newbigin, University of Sydney Tom Pettitt, Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark) Bart Ramakers, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Pierre Servet, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 Eckehard Simon, Harvard University Leif Søndergaard, Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark) Elsa Strietman, University of Cambridge John Tailby, University of Leeds Meg Twycross, Lancaster University Material for publication in EMD should be addressed to the General Editor: Jelle Koopmans ( J.Koopmans@uva.nl). Members of the Société Internationale pour l étude du Théâtre Médiéval (SITM) are entitled to subscribe to EMD at a members rate. For further information about membership of the SITM and addresses of the national secretaries, please contact the SITM General Secretary: Kenke Kovács (lekovacs@yahoo.es). For information about subscriptions and orders, please contact periodicals@brepols.net.
European Medieval Drama 19 (2015)
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Contents List of Illustrations vi Concepts of Holiness in Changing Times III vii Protestant Drama and the State in England 1535 75 Alexandra F. JOHNSTON 1 Der Märtyrer und die Politik: Johann Agricolas Tragedia Johannis Huss Zur Entstehung eines protestantischen Kampfdramas 1537 HANS-GERT ROLOFF 33 Nürnbergs zweite Stadtheilige im protestantischen Schultheater: Wolfgang Waldungs Catharinæ martyrivm CORA Dietl 47 The Reception of Hroswitha of Gandersheim in Hungary MáRTA ZSUZSANNA PintéR 77 Theater, Frömmigkeitspraktiken, Politik: Ein Versuch zur Situierung der Beromünsterer Heiligenspiele Heidy GRECO-Kaufmann 95 Das Heilige in der Musik des Theaters im Mittelalter STEFAN Engels 117 Inszenierung des Dogmas oder (Re )Mythisierung? Christi Höllenfahrt in den Osterspielen des Mittelalters Jörn BOCKMANN 137
List of Illustrations Abb. 1: Emblemata Anniversaria Academiae Noribergensis, S. 349.....66 Abb. 2: Emblemata Anniversaria Academiae Noribergensis, S. 352.....67 Abb. 3: Emblemata Anniversaria Academiae Noribergensis, S. 355.....68 Abb. 4: Emblemata Anniversaria Academiae Noribergensis, S. 359.....69 Abb. 5: Admonter Passionsspiel, fol. 98 v....128 Abb. 6: Admonter Passionsspiel, fol. 123 r....129 Abb. 7: Admonter Passionsspiel, fol. 83 v....129 Abb. 8: Admonter Passionsspiel, fol. 9 r...130 Abb. 9: Admonter Passionsspiel, fol. 56 r....132
Concepts of Holiness in Changing Times III T he present volume of EMD concludes the short series of volumes collecting papers from the branch meeting of the German/Austrian/Swiss branch of SITM at Berne, Beromünster, and Lucerne in February, 2015. These volumes, supplemented by related papers given by members of SITM in Los Angeles and Leeds, focus on representations of holiness in medieval and early modern plays, and their modern reception. The first volume concentrated on holy figures, objects, and relics related to Christ and the Holy Family, and on Easter and Christmas theatre. The second focused on saints and martyrs on stage. The present third volume in this series considers institutional, political, and religious contexts of plays dealing with saints and holiness. The papers ask how the interest in saints and in holiness on stage changed under the influence of Reformation, and they explore the impact that politics or the interests of religious or educational institutions had on the reception and depiction of holy persons or holy actions. The last two papers of the volume focus on the relationship between liturgy and rite and sanctity and compare medieval and modern envisioning of the holy in religious plays. Once again, I would like to express my gratitude to the authors, to the peerreviewers, and to the publisher, who made our small series of special volumes possible. Thank you. Cora Dietl May, 2016