A woman saint in the Parisian colleges

Claude Roillet's Catharinae Tragoedia (1556)

Bibliographic Data

ID11500386
AuthorsJohn Nassichuk (0000-0002-9835-3802, Western University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume30
Issue4
Pages562-583
Publication date2016-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRenaissance Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0269-1213 • E-ISSN: 1477-4658
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/rest.12242
OpenAlexW4237779749
LanguageEN
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This article introduces and examines a hitherto little‐discussed tragedy by the French humanist Claude Roillet, professor and principal at the Collège de Bourgogne in the University of Paris during the reign of Henri II. This brief five‐act play entitled Catharinae tragedia , which presents the life of the iconic saint Catherine of Alexandria, based principally upon information gleaned from late‐mediaeval, Latin prose sources, was first printed amongst the author's collected Varia Poemata in 1556. This study shall examine Roillet's debt to his Latin sources, with some consideration of possible influences exercised by the vernacular, dramatic mysteries devoted to Catherine and presented in France during the first half of the sixteenth century. The objective is to situate this Latin play within the tradition of texts of all genres devoted to this well‐known character who is frequently met with in mediaeval and early Renaissance iconography. The article will also discuss the didactic aspects proper to Roillet's presentation of the story

Art · Art history · Character (mathematics · Humanism · Iconography · Literature · Patron saint · Politics · Presentation (obstetrics · Reign · SAINT · Theology · Tragedy (event · Vernacular · Classics · Historical and Literary Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture

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