Cultures of Witnessing
Download or Read eBook Cultures of Witnessing PDF written by Emma Lipton and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Emma Lipton |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2022-04-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780812298468 |
ISBN-13 | : 0812298462 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Cultures of Witnessing by : Emma Lipton
Book excerpt: In Cultures of Witnessing, Emma Lipton considers the plays that were performed in the streets of York on the Feast of Corpus Christi from the late fourteenth century until the third quarter of the sixteenth and shows how civic performance and the legal theory and practice of witnessing promoted a shared sense of urban citizenship.