Dissertation committee:
Νικολέττα Γιαντσή, Αναπλ. Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας & Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Κώστας Γαγανάκης, Αναπλ. Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας & Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Μαρία Ντούρου-Ηλιοπούλου, Ομότ. Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας & Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Αναστασία Παπαδία-Λάλα, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας & Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Σοφία Μεργιαλή-Σαχά, Αναπλ. Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας & Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Μαρία Παπαθανασίου, Επικ. Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας & Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Κατερίνα Κωνσταντινίδου, Επικ. Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Ιστορίας & Αρχαιολογίας, ΕΚΠΑ
Summary:
This doctoral dissertation explores the ways that middle and lower ranks and the urban elites in medieval England employed medieval drama, pageants and civic rituals in order to ensure their political and economic privileges and promote their political and economic agenda after the plague and the enforcement of labour statutes and ordinances. It examines the transformation of medieval drama to a field of public debate, giving both sides the opportunity to spark controversy and defuse political and economic crises. In the dissertation the political role of the repertoire is highlighted, even when the dramatized story was based on the Bible. The dissertation thus proposes a shift of historical emphasis from the morphological development and the artistic analysis to the political significance of medieval theatre and its impact on the political and economic conditions and policies that established in later medieval English towns after the plague.
Keywords:
Medieval History, Labour History, Social History, Cultural History
