Itinerant players and medieval theatre troupes in Northern Europe (c. 1200–1500)

1. Lübeck becomes Free Imperial City

   Jan 1, 1226Labels: L beck, Frederick II

   • L beck History

2. Jongleurs reach peak prominence in 1200s

   Jan 1, 1250Labels: Jongleurs

   • Britannica

3. Hanseatic cities coordinate anti-piracy measures

   Jan 1, 1259Labels: Hanseatic League

   • UOregon Hanse
   • Furthark Hanse

4. Corpus Christi feast encouraged public religious drama

   Aug 11, 1264Labels: Corpus Christi, Pope Urban

   • Britannica
   • Transiturus

5. Black Death intensifies movement controls and suspicion

   Jun 18, 1349Labels: Ordinance of

   • Ordinance 1349
   • Statute 1351

6. York Corpus Christi plays documented with pageant wagons

   Jan 1, 1376Labels: York Corpus, pageant wagons

   • York Plays
   • FutureLearn

7. Civic “waits” expand municipal employment for performers

   Jan 1, 1400Labels: Civic waits

   • Rastall 2021
   • Chambers

8. Lynn and Norwich set night-duty requirements for waits

   Jan 1, 1432Labels: Lynn, Norwich

   • Rastall 2021

9. Nuremberg Schembartlauf begins as organized civic festivity

   Jan 1, 1449Labels: Schembartlauf, Nuremberg

   • Heidelberg
   • CMA Object

10. Crown strengthens licensing of minstrels in England

    Jan 1, 1469Labels: Brotherhood of

    • Chambers
    • King s Minstrels

11. English vagrancy law targets mobile “suspected persons”

    Dec 22, 1495Labels: Vagabonds and, Henry VII

    • Vagabonds 1495

12. Schembartlauf ends, showing tightening control of public performance

    Jan 1, 1539Labels: Nuremberg council, Schembartlauf ban

    • Heidelberg
    • Schembart Info