Quiz 2 Flashcards
Middle Ages time period
500 CE — 1400 CE
Renaissance time period
1400 — 1650
When did Rome fall?
476 CE
What was the Hippodrome?
It was an entertainment center (like the Colosseum) in Constantinople.
Where were a lot of Greek plays preserved before discovered in the Renaissance time period?
The Byzantine Empire
When were the Early Middle Ages?
500–1000 CE
When were the High Middle Ages?
1000-1400
What are the Early Middle Ages also called?
The Dark Ages.
Who were lords or counts?
They were the top of the feudalism hierarchy, and they controlled large areas of land and protected less wealthy landholders.
Who were vassals?
They were the second level of the feudalism hierarchy who controlled smaller areas of land, and they agreed to provide military service to lords, consult with lords, and pay lords occasional fees.
Who were the peasants or serfs?
They were the last tier of the feudalism hierarchy, and they were attached to their lord’s land and required to work on it. In return they received protection and a very small financial reward.
Who was Hrosvitha?
She was the earliest known female dramatist, and she flourished in 10th C in northern Germany. She was a nun who worked at the Benedictine abbey Gandersheim in Saxony. Wrote plays with religious themes. (935-1001).
What was liturgical drama?
It was plays that are about faith. They were written in Latin.
What were tropes?
They were extended musical passages in church services.
What was the Quem quaeritis?
It was a trope that was added to the intro section of the Easter service around 925. It was about the women finding the tomb empty and finding out Jesus was alive. It turned into a tiny play between 965 and 975.
What was the Regularis Concordia?
It was a book by the Bishop of Winchester, England, named Ethelwood. It was intended to establish clear goals and rules of conduct and procedure for monasteries. It also described how the Quem quaeritis trope was to be performed.
What was the mansion for a liturgical play in a church?
It was the scenic structure depicting some locale needed for a biblical tale. They were set up around the platea.
What was the platea in a liturgical play in a church?
It was the place where the actors performed.
What is vernacular?
It is everyday speech.
What is religious vernacular drama?
It is basically liturgical plays that were not in Latin but instead in the language the audience spoke.
What were mystery or cycle plays?
They were a dramatized series of biblical events. They are the plays where people move around.
What was the Corpus Christi?
It was a festival that was officially recognized by the church in 1311, and it was observed in the week after Trinity Sunday (in May or June).
What were confraternities?
They were religious guilds or clubs. They would put on mystery plays.
Who were pageant masters?
They supervised the mounting of cycle plays on wagons.
What was processional staging?
It was where audiences would assemble in various places and the cycle play would be set up on a wagon which moved from locale to locale, so that the play could be presented separately for each audience area along its route.
What was stationary staging?
It was a series of small scenic mansions stood side by side. Usually, a huge platform stage was erected in an open courtyard of a town or in a town square. Each mansion depicted a different scene.
What was a morality play?
It was a play that attempts to teach a moral lesson through the use of allegorical characters.
What was the Neutral Platform Stage?
It was just a stage that did not move around. It is like the stages you have performed on.
