Medieval Religious Pageantry and Its Modern Revival

Authors

P. E. Kretzmann, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

12-1-1935

Document Type

Article

Keywords

religious plays, liturgical, easter, christmas, england, germany, pageantry, epiphany

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

As every student of the modern drama has learned from the careful research work of Chambers, Creizenach, and particularly of Prof. Karl Young, this form of art had its origin in the liturgy of the medieval Church. During the period from the tenth to the fourteenth century, when many of the gorgeous cathedrals of France, Germany, and England-Notre Dame, and Amiens, and Reims, and Strassburg, and Cologne, and Lincoln, and York, and Westminster were erected, the minds of the people of these and other countries were intensely religious.

Disciplines

Liturgy and Worship

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Acts 17:22; John 4:24; Deuteronomy 6:8-9; Psalm 150:4;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Kretzmann, P. E. (1935) "Medieval Religious Pageantry and Its Modern Revival," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 6, Article 105.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol6/iss1/105