Delcorno, P. and Steenbrugge, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-7565 (2020) A biblical story for two stages: Abraham and Isaac in fifteenth-century Florence and York. European Medieval Drama, 24. pp. 65-100. ISSN 1378-2274
Abstract
In the late middle ages, the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac formed an ideal platform to develop a discourse on absolute faith in God as well as on the hierarchical relationships within family and society. By considering how Feo Belcari’s Florentine sacra rappresentazione and the York Abraham and Isaac participated in – and contributed to – a broader and diversified ‘public theology’, this article argues that through the performance of dramas, lay people not only gained access to the Bible but also had agency in processes of appropriation and adaptation of its text and message. At the same time, it shows how these plays, as lay enterprises, were deeply embedded in the distinct fabrics of the societies that produced them.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Brepols. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in European Medieval Drama . This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. You may not use the material for commercial purposes. |
Keywords: | Religious drama; Medieval exegesis; York; Florence; Manuscripts; Obedience; Abraham and Isaac |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > School of English (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2020 13:33 |
Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2021 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Brepols Publishers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1484/J.EMD.5.121753 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:162059 |
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