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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Check Michael Richter's book The Formation of Medieval West. Studies in the Oral Culture of the Barbarians. He writes about all kinds of oral perfomances in the early MA. Katja Ritari Lainaus ctault <[log in to unmask]>: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and > culture > > Dear All, > > I just read the following account in a history of German theatre: > > During the time of Charles the Great the Histriones and Joculatores had > fallen > into such disrepute that in the year 791 Alcuin, very disturbed about > the > matter, exclaimed: "Whoever admits Histriones, Mimists and Dancers into > his > house has no idea what a multitide of unclean spirits will follow them." > > Can anyone tell me more about this? To my knowledge, very little is > known > about performance of any kind during this period and this is an > intriguing > lead. Did Alcuin have more to say somewhere else? Are there other > similar > sources? > > Thanks. yrs, tom ault > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > Katja Ritari Apt.2, 50 Patrick St. Cork, Ireland tel.+353-87-9207862. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html