Woodcock, M. orcid.org/0009-0008-8034-4351 (Cover date: 2020) Perambulation and Performance in Early Modern Festive Culture. Early Theatre, 23 (2). pp. 139-153. ISSN: 1206-9078
Abstract
This essay examines the performative aspect of observances and festivities associated with Rogationtide, or ‘perambulation day’, in early modern England. After considering pre- and post-Reformation Rogationtide traditions, it identifies how these occasions were an opportunity for communities and parishes to reflect upon and consolidate local boundaries and identities. It also explores how documentary evidence for perambulations broadens critical understandings of the mimetic, musical, and festive activities recorded in the Records of Early English Drama (REED) project, posing methodological questions about using performance as well as mimesis as a characteristic determining a record’s inclusion in a REED collection.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Early modern performance |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2025 10:35 |
Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2025 10:35 |
Published Version: | https://earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre/article/view... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | McMaster University |
Identification Number: | 10.12745/et.23.2.4384 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:229499 |