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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Laura, Thanks for the reference. The history of German theatre is: Eduard Devrient, Geschichte der deutschen Schauspielkunst, Berlin/Zurich, 1929. I cited the passage in my own English translation. yrs, tom ault On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 11:43:33 +0000 Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and >culture > >Dear Tom, you probably already know this, but Jean-Claude Schmitt's >La >raison des gestes (now translated into English) has a fair bit on >jongleurs >and histriones (esp. Ch7) and the index has quite a few Alcuin refs. > >By the way, what was the history of German Theatre? > >Laura >----- Original Message ----- >From: ctault <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:45 AM >Subject: [M-R] > > >> 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 >> > >********************************************************************** >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 ********************************************************************** 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