The Liturgical Context Of Early European Drama

The Liturgical Context Of Early European Drama

"This book can be interestingly and profitably read not only by an academic audience but also by a general public for an understanding and appreciation of two bedrocks, drama and liturgy, a twentieth-century culture." - Lawrence H. Klibbe, New York University. "A chapter on coronation rituals will attract special interest among historians." -Journal of Medieval History.

  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I: CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE IN A PAGAN MILIEU
    • A. Patristic Period
      • a. Tertullian
      • b. Novation
      • c. St. Cyprian of Carthage
      • d. Lactantius
      • e. St. John Chrysostom
      • f. Salvian
      • g. Ausonius
      • h. St. Clement of Alexandria
      • i. Appolinaris
      • j. St. Athanasius
      • k. Prudentius
      • l. St. Augustine
  • Chapter II: ECCLESISTICAL, RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS
    • 1. Synod
    • 2. Canons of the African Church
    • 3. Council of Trullo
    • 4. Council of Elvira
    • 5. Council of Toledo III
  • Chapter III: NOTION OF WORSHIP: FROM TEXT TO PERFORMANCE
    • 1. Evidence from the Old Testament
    • 2. Evidence from the New Testament
    • 3. Evidence from the Christian Community
  • Chapter IV: NATURE OF WORSHIP ENTAILS THE SENSE OF THE DRAMATIC
    • Evidence of Dramatic Impulse In Early Liturgical Texts
      • 1. Pre-Nicene Period
      • 2. Post Nicene Period
      • 3. Pilgrimage of Egeria
  • Chapter V: RECONCILIATION OF PENITENTS
    • 1. Church's Position
    • 2. Old Testament Basis
    • 3. Patristic Period
    • 4. Development and Contents of the Rite for Penitents
    • 5. Penitential Gestures
    • 6. The Rite Itself
    • 7. Concluding Remark
  • Chapter VI: DEDICATION OF CHURCHES
    • 1. Old Testament Sources
    • 2. Early Patristic Sources
    • 3. Later Christian Sources
  • Chapter VII: CORONATION OF RULERS AND OF THOSE IN AUTHORITY
    • 1. Early Testimony
    • 2. Coronation Rites
    • 3. The Sanctuary
    • 4. Investing King with Insignia
    • 5. Anointing of the King
    • 6. Acclamations
    • 7. Royal Throne
    • 8. Homage
    • A. Dramatic Overtones of Biblical Texts
    • B. Early Evidence of Anointing
      • a. St. Gregory
      • b. Julian of Toledo
      • c. Charlemagne
      • d. Hincmar of Rheims
      • e. Louis II
    • C. Anglo-Saxon England
      • 1. King Edgar
      • 2. Egbert's Pontifical
    • D. Continental Witnesses
      • 1. Aachen
      • 2. St. Peter Damian
      • 3. Papal Coronations
  • Chapter VIII: MONASTIC INFLUENCES
    • A. Divine Office
    • B. Regularis Concordia
    • C. Monastic Constitutions of Lanfranc
    • D. St. Hildegard of Bingen
    • E. Monastic Displeasure
  • Chapter IX: SUNDRY ELEMENTS OF DRAMATIC NATURE IN THE LITURGY
    • A. Eastern Testimony
    • B. Western Testimony
    • C. Hand Clapping
    • D. Vatican Council II
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography