Everyman Flashcards
written when and by whom?
c. 1500 AD by unknown
c. 400 AD
Catholic Church praised the end of Drama in Europe from Greek and Roman society; drama would corrupt young people’s minds
c. 950 AD
Return of drama in Europe, Monks started to act out Quem Quaeritis (He is Risen)
c. 1200 AD
Drama kicked out of the Church and into towns
c. 1350 AD
beginning of a genre: morality play; universal person undergoes a psychomachia (soul struggle), usually character chooses the right choice
c. 1500 AD
Everyman written by unknown; not a typical morality play, main guy chooses evil, no psychomachia, represents a bigger idea. Deeply Catholic
Oct. 31st, 1517
Protestant Reformation
c. 1550 AD
morality plays are outlawed in England because they’re now Protestant