Thomas Chaundler’s "Libellus de laudibus duarum civitatum": Playing with Ecclesiastical Court Procedure
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Elza C. Tiner [1]
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[1] University of Lynchburg
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- Localización: European Medieval Drama, ISSN 1378-2274, ISSN-e 2031-0064, Nº. 23, 2019, págs. 175-199
- Idioma: varios idiomas
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Resumen
This fifteenth-century Latin play is a mock trial in honour of Thomas Bekynton’s elevation as Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1443. Chaundler has borrowed extensively from two Italian humanists, Leonardo Bruni (c. 1369-1444) and Pier Candido Decembrio (1399-1477), in arguments between characters Andrew of Wells and Peter of Bath, each claiming the right to house the bishop’s principal residence for his city. Following the stages of an ecclesiastical trial before Bishop Bekynton and a delegated judge, the character Daniel, also first bishop of Somerset, Chaundler has skilfully interwoven humanism, academic debate, and the history of the diocese in a play that could have been staged in a location such as the Chapter House at Wells Cathedral, where ecclesiastical trials were held.
