This study shows the importance of carolling in the celebrations and festivities of medieval Britain and demonstrates its longevity from the eleventh century to the sixteenth. It illustrates the flexibility of the English carole form for adaptation to include content in high and low registers and its suitability for use on all occasions and by different communal peer groups. Although the vast majority of extant texts in carol form from the late medieval period are religious in subject content, secular carolling was far more prevalent than the textual record implies. The dance-song elements of the medieval carole were so strongly woven into the vernacular cultural fabric of the British Isles that their threads can be traced through the folk songs and dances of subsequent centuries. This study contextualizes the written evidence and re-integrates the various components of the activity in order to illuminate our understanding of the universally popular medieval, participatory, pastime of carolling.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2022
Copyrightjahr
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-64189-402-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-80270-058-9
Verlag
Arc Humanities Press, Yorkshire
Reihe
Early Social Performance
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
158
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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CONTENTS Kein Zugriff
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Kein Zugriff
PREFACE Kein Zugriff
INTRODUCTION Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 4
Chapter 1 CAROLLING AND DANCE-SONG IN THE CONTEXT OF A PRIMARILY ORAL CULTURE Kein Zugriff Seiten 5 - 14
Chapter 2 COURTLY CAROLLING: CONTEXTS AND PRACTICES Kein Zugriff Seiten 15 - 34
Chapter 3 THE CHURCH, CAROLLING, AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE ENGLISH FRANCIS CAN CAROLE WRITERS OF THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES Kein Zugriff Seiten 35 - 48
Chapter 4 CAROLE TEXTS IN CONTEXT: THE MANUSCRIPTS Kein Zugriff Seiten 49 - 68
Chapter 5 CAROLE TEXTS AS WITNESSES TO CAROLLING PRACTICE Kein Zugriff Seiten 69 - 96
Chapter 6 SURVIVANCES OF CAROLLING IN FOLK CULTURE Kein Zugriff Seiten 97 - 130
Conclusion CAROLLING FROM A DANCE MOVEMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY PERSPECTIVE Kein Zugriff Seiten 131 - 136
