Main Market Square as a Stage in the Town Theatre. An Example of Medieval Kraków
Main Market Square as a Stage in the Town Theatre. An Example of Medieval Kraków
Author(s): Marcin StarzyńskiSubject(s): History, Cultural history, Economic history, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Middle Ages, 13th to 14th Centuries, 15th Century
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: Medieval Kraków; Main market square; Town council; Kraków’s burgesses;
Summary/Abstract: In the following paper the history of the Kraków’s Main Market Square as a stage in the theatre of the town is to be presented. Not only will the author discuss changes of the scenography (the transformation of the structure of the buildings) in the 13th – 15th centuries, but he will also focus on the characteristics of the spectacles played on that scene, in which the entire community of the town participated: meetings of the town councillors with the urban community, public executions, greetings and last tributes to the kings – homages and funeral ceremonies, Corpus Christi processions, the preaching activity of John of Capestrano in the years 1453 – 1454 and miraculous events connected with his visit.
Journal: The City and History (Mesto a dejiny until 2019)
- Issue Year: 1/2012
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 48-56
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
