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BYE.K.CHAMBERS.VOL.II
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Hrst Edition IQOJ
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LOWE & LTD.By PRINTERS,BRYDONE,
PARK CAMDEN N.W. i.STREET, TOWN, LONDON,CONTENTS
VOLUME I
PAGE
vPREFACE .
LIST OF xiiiAUTHORITIES
I.BOOK MINSTRELSY
CHAP.
I. iTHE FALL OF THE THEATRES
II. . . . . . . .MIMUS AND Sc6.p 23
III. THE MINSTREL LIFE 42
IV. THE REPERTORY 70
BOOK II. FOLK DRAMA .,,
V. THE RELIGION OF THE 89
VI. 116VILLAGE FESTIVALS
VII. FESTIVAL PLAY 146
VIII. 160THE MAY-GAME
IX. 182THE SWORD-DANCE
X. THE MUMMERS' PLAY 205
. . . . .228XI. THE BEGINNING OF WINTER
XII. NEW YEAR CUSTOMS 249
XIII. THE FEAST OF FOOLS 274
, . .XIV. THE OF .301(continued}
. . . . . - 6XV. THE BOY BISHOP 33
.XVI. AND COURT FOOLS. -. .GUILD FOOLS -372
XVII. MISRULEMASKS AND 390
IIVOLUME
BOOK III. RELIGIOUS DRAMA
iXVIII. LITURGICAL PLAYS
. . .XIX. PLAYS . 41(continued)
XX. THE SECULARIZATION OF THE PLAYS.... 68
.XXL GUILD PLAYS AND PARISH PLAYS . . .106
XXII. PLAYS AND PLAYS .(continued^ .124
XXIII. .AND PAGEANTSMORALITIES, PUPPET-PLAYS, -149iv CONTENTS
THEBOOK IV. INTERLUDE
CHAP. PAGE
XXIV. PLAYERS OF INTERLUDES 179
XXV. HUMANISM AND MEDIAEVALISM 199
APPENDICES
A. THE TRIBUNUS VOLUPTATUM 229
B. TOTA loCULATORUM ScENA 230
C. COURT MINSTRELSY IN 1306 234
D. THE MINSTREL HIERARCHY 238
E. EXTRACTS FROM ACCOUNT BOOKS 240
.I. Durham Priory 240
II. Maxstoke Priory 244
ThetfordIII. Priory 245
IV. Winchester
College 246
V. OxfordMagdalen 248College,
VI. Shrewsbury Corporation 250
VII. The Howards of Essex .Stoke-by-Nayland, -255
VIII. The CourtEnglish 256
. . . .F. MINSTREL GUILDS . . . .258
262G. THOMAS DE CABHAM .......
....H. PRINCELY PLEASURES AT KKNIL^ORTH 263
I. A . . . . , .Minstrel 263Squire
II. . .The Show .264Coventry Hock-Tuesday
I. . 266THE INDIAN VILLAGE FEAST ....
SWORD-DANCES .270J.
I. Sweden 270(sixteenth century)
II. Shetland . . . .271(eighteenth century)
K. THE LUTTERWORTH ST. GEORGE PLAY . . . .276
L. THE PROSE OF THE Ass 279
M. THE BOY BISHOP 282
I. The Sarum Office 282
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II. The York Computus 287
N. WINTER PROHIBITIONS 290
O. THE REGULARIS CONCORDIA OF ST. ETHELWOLD . . 306
P. THE DURHAM SEPULCHRUM 310
THE SARUMQ. 312
R. THE DUBLIN QUEM 315QUAERITIS