Guilds, civic sponsorship, and the organization of medieval English mystery plays (c. 1300–1559)

1. Corpus Christi festival spreads urban pageantry

   Jan 1, 1311Labels: Corpus Christi, Urban Pageantry

   • Britannica
   • CathEncy

2. York records Corpus Christi plays in civic life

   Jan 1, 1376Labels: York, Corpus Christi

   • York Plays
   • eREED

3. York’s craft groups formalize pageant financing

   Jan 1, 1386Labels: York, Craft Guilds

   • Jerz Context
   • eREED

4. York civic authorities regulate stations and crowd management

   Jan 1, 1399Labels: York, City Government

   • Literacle
   • York Plays

5. York adopts a guild-by-guild running order

   Jan 1, 1415Labels: York, Guild Order

   • eREED
   • York Plays

6. Civic revenue systems grow around viewing scaffolds

   Jun 7, 1417Labels: York, Viewing Scaffolds

   • Literacle
   • eREED

7. Chester guilds take responsibility for cycle plays

   Jan 1, 1450Labels: Chester, Guilds

   • Britannica
   • Chester Plays

8. York Register copied as an authoritative script record

   Jan 1, 1470Labels: York Register, Manuscript

   • York Plays
   • York Plays

9. Chester shifts performances to Whitsuntide schedule

   Jan 1, 1521Labels: Chester, Whitsuntide

   • FreeLibrary
   • Chesterwiki

10. Dissolution of the monasteries reshapes local religious culture

    Jan 1, 1536Labels: Dissolution, Monasteries

    • Britannica
    • Wikipedia

11. Elizabeth I’s religious settlement tightens conformity pressures

    May 8, 1559Labels: Elizabeth I, Religious Settlement

    • UK Parliament
    • Act Supremacy
    • Act Uniformity

12. Chester’s last major cycle performance marks the tradition’s end

    Jan 1, 1575Labels: Chester, Final Performance

    • Chester Plays
    • FreeLibrary

13. Wakefield cycle ends under Protestant restrictions

    Jan 1, 1576Labels: Wakefield, Cycle End

    • Wakefield Plays
    • Britannica