Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Pages: 111-128

Journal: European Medieval Drama

Volume number: 18

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EMD.5.110508

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Abstract: 

In 1558, Hans Sachs designed a new saint for a martyrs’ play: St Pura, and her companion, St Gottfried. The plot of the tragedy, however, was not completey new: on the contrary, Sachs adapted Ambrose’s legend of the virgin of Antioch. By attributing names to all figures in the legend, Sachs gives it a new interpretation: It is now a tale of pure Lutheran faith, calling on the audience to preserve the new religion.

Harvard Citation style: Dietl, C. (2014) Eine neue Heilige des Protestantismus: Die Pura-Tragödie des Hans Sachs, European Medieval Drama, 18, pp. 111-128. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EMD.5.110508

APA Citation style: Dietl, C. (2014). Eine neue Heilige des Protestantismus: Die Pura-Tragödie des Hans Sachs. European Medieval Drama. 18, 111-128. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EMD.5.110508