Croxton Play of the Sacrament

Croxton Play of the Sacrament
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Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
Total Pages : 140
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ISBN-10 : 9781580444576
ISBN-13 : 1580444571
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Book Synopsis Croxton Play of the Sacrament by : John T Sebastian

Download or read book Croxton Play of the Sacrament written by John T Sebastian and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Croxton Play of the Sacrament, which survives in a single sixteenth-century copy, dramatizes the physical abuse by five Muhammad-worshipping Syrian Jews of a Host, the bread consecrated by a priest during the Christian Mass. The text is the work of a playwright possessed of a tremendous theatrical imagination, notwithstanding his choice of subject matter.


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