Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture Sensual Piety
In Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture, Jill Stevenson uses cognitive theory to explore the layperson s physical encounter with live religious performances, and to argue that laypeople s interactions with other devotional media - such as
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Performance, Cognitive Theory, and Devotional Culture Sensual Piety in Late Medieval York Jill Stevenson
PERFORMANCE, COGNITIVE THEORY, AND DEVOTIONAL CULTURE
Copyright © Jill Stevenson, 2010. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-10319-1 All rights reserved. The John the Baptist alabaster panel is reproduced by permission of the Burrell Collection, Cultural and Sport Glasgow (Museums). All images from the Pavement Hours are reproduced by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of York. First published in 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-28771-0 ISBN 978-0-230-10907-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230109070 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stevenson, Jill. Performance, cognitive theory, and devotional culture : sensual piety in late medieval York / Jill Stevenson. p. cm. — (Cognitive studies in literature and performance) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-349-28771-0 (alk.paper) 1. Theater—England—York—History—Medieval, 500–1500. 2. Christian drama, English (Middle)—England—York—History and criticism. 3. Mysteries and miracle-plays, English—England—York— History and criticism. 4. English drama—To 1500—History and criticism. 5. York (England)—Religious life and customs. 6. Rites and ceremonies, Medieval—England—York—History. 7. Christianity and literature—England—York—History—To 1500. 8. York plays. I. Title. PN2596.Y6S74 2010 792.1960942843—dc22
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To many remarkable mentors and one in particular, Professor John Steven Paul (1951–2009)
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Contents
List of Figures
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
A Note on Transcription and Translation Introduction: Devotional Modes of Becoming in Late Medieval York One
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Performance Literacy: Theorizing Medieval Devotional Seeing
15
Two
Material Devotion: Objects as Performance Events
45
Three
Claiming Devotional Space
67
Four
Devotion and Conceptual Blending
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Five
Pious Body Rhythms
115
Six
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