The Origin of Medieval Drama

By Leonard Goldstein

The liturgical drama arose in a period of rapidly integrating feudalism. Christians experienced contradiction between a Church that offered salvation and a Church that, through its large landholdings, exploited a large number of peasants. This study examines the attempts made by clergy to revitalize faith by creating new theology, new music, new prayers, tropes, new rituals, and the drama.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611472687
• ISBN13: 9781611472684
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 278 Pages