This full-length study investigates how sermons and vernacular religious drama worked as media for public learning, how they combined this didactic aim with literary exigencies, and how plays acquired and reflected authority. The interrelation between sermons and vernacular drama, formerly assumed to be a close one, is addressed from historical connections, performative aspects, and the portrayal of penance. The work demonstrates the subtly different purposes and contents and outlines the unique ways in which they operate within late medieval England.

About the Author
Charlotte Steenbrugge is a Vice-Chancellor's Fellow in the School of English at the University of Sheffield and the author of Staging Vice (2014).


Book Information
ISBN 9781580442770
Author Charlotte Steenbrugge
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Medieval Institute Publications
Publisher Medieval Institute Publications
Weight(grams) 435g