History Of The Holy Trinity Guild

Author : G. Oliver
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330242117
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book History of the Holy Trinity Guild written by G. Oliver and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Holy Trinity Guild: At Sleaford, With an Account of Its Miracle Plays, Religious Mysteries and Shows, as Practised in the Fifteenth Century, and an Introduction, Delineating the Changes That Have Taken Place in the Localities of Heath and Fen, Castle and Mansion, Convent And My dear Sir, In the present extension of Literary Knowledge there is scarcely any subject which has not received illustration from the able pens of scientific men. The occupations and amusements of our forefathers have ever been esteemed interesting objects of enquiry; and amongst these, their attachment to dramatic exhibitions, as indentified equally with civil and religious ordinances, has engaged a proportionate share of public attention. Fitz Stephen, a writer of the 12th century, thus expresses himself: - "London, instead of common interludes belonging to the theatre, has plays of a more holy subject; representations of those miracles which the holy confessours wrought, or of the sufferings wherein the glorious constancy of the martyrs did appear." Since the abolition of these sacred performances, at the Reformation, Dugdale has attempted to describe them in bis history of Warwickshire, where he asserts that, "the yearly confluence of people to see them at Coventry, was extraordinary great, and yielded no small advantage to the city." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.