N‑Town Plays and the Late Medieval English Cycle Drama Tradition (c. 1400–1600)

1. Corpus Christi festival fosters English cycle drama

   Jan 1, 1311Labels: Feast of, Pope Clement

   • Britannica
   • CathEncyc

2. York Corpus Christi plays recorded by 1376

   Jan 1, 1376Labels: York cycle, York guilds

   • York Plays
   • REED York

3. Chester cycle attested by early 15th century

   Jan 1, 1420Labels: Chester cycle

   • Chester Plays
   • Britannica

4. N‑Town plays’ earliest possible composition window

   Jan 1, 1425Labels: N Town

   • N Town
   • METs Intro

5. N‑Town manuscript copying: “1468” terminus post quem

   Jan 1, 1468Labels: Cotton MS, manuscript scribe

   • N Town
   • BL Catalogue

6. Cotton Vespasian D VIII dated late 15th–early 16th century

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Cotton Vespasian, British Library

   • BL Catalogue
   • N Town

7. N‑Town’s “N‑Town” banns illustrate touring adaptability

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: N Town

   • METs Intro
   • N Town

8. York cycle suppressed in 1569

   Jan 1, 1569Labels: York cycle

   • York Plays
   • REED York

9. Wakefield/Towneley cycle performs until 1576

   Jan 1, 1576Labels: Wakefield Towneley

   • Wakefield Plays
   • Britannica

10. Cotton library mislabels manuscript as “Ludus Coventriae”

    Jan 1, 1650Labels: Cotton Library, Ludus Coventriae

    • N Town
    • Coventry Plays

11. K. S. Block publishes EETS “Ludus Coventriae” edition

    Jan 1, 1922Labels: K S, EETS edition

    • CiNii
    • EETS

12. Leeds facsimile of Cotton Vespasian D VIII published

    Jan 1, 1977Labels: facsimile edition, Meredith &

    • Meredith Bio
    • N Town

13. Stephen Spector’s EETS edition standardizes “N‑Town” text

    Jan 1, 1991Labels: Stephen Spector, EETS edition

    • RES Review
    • N Town