Perambulation and performance in early modern festive culture

Woodcock, Matthew (2021) Perambulation and performance in early modern festive culture. Early Theatre, 23 (2). ISSN 1206-9078

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Medieval and Early Modern Research Group
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	20 Mar 2021 00:51
Last Modified:	30 May 2022 15:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/79509
DOI:	10.12745/et.23.2.4384

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