Everyman and its manuscript and performance history (c. 1470–c. 1600)

1. Dutch *Elckerlijc* composed in the Low Countries

   Jan 1, 1470Labels: Elckerlijc, Low Countries

   • Britannica
   • Elckerlijc

2. *Elckerlijc* wins a rhetoricians’ competition (Antwerp)

   Jan 1, 1485Labels: Elckerlijc, Antwerp

   • Britannica
   • Brill chapter

3. First known printing of *Elckerlijc*

   Jan 1, 1495Labels: Elckerlijc, Incunabulum

   • Elckerlijc
   • Britannica

4. English *Everyman* translation tradition begins

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Everyman, English translation

   • Britannica
   • Everyman 15th

5. Pynson issues an early printed *Everyman* edition (now fragmentary)

   Jan 1, 1528Labels: Everyman, Richard Pynson

   • Brill chapter
   • Folger catalog

6. Skot prints a widely used *Everyman* edition (Britwell/Huth)

   Jan 1, 1530Labels: Everyman, John Skot

   • Brill chapter
   • Everyman 15th

7. Latin *Homulus* connects the story to “Petrus Diesthemius”

   Jan 1, 1536Labels: Homulus, Petrus Diesthemius

   • Peter van Diest
   • Elckerlijc

8. Macropedius adapts the story as *Hecastus*

   Jan 1, 1539Labels: Hecastus, Macropedius

   • Jedermann
   • Elckerlijc

9. Reformation-era printing keeps *Everyman* in circulation

   Jan 1, 1550Labels: Everyman, Reformation

   • Britannica
   • Brill chapter

10. Late-16th-century adaptations show the plot’s continued reach

    Jan 1, 1587Labels: Everyman, Adaptations

    • Elckerlijc
    • Britannica

11. Around 1600, *Everyman* becomes mainly a book-era morality play

    Jan 1, 1600Labels: Everyman, Print culture

    • Britannica
    • Brill chapter