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Journal article

Catechism and Miracles as Arguments in Religious Debate: Hanns Wagner’s Play of St Ursus

Authors list: Dietl, C

Publication year: 2023

Pages: 161-187

Journal: European Medieval Drama

Volume number: 27

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EMD.5.137682

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Abstract:

The paper suggests a confessional reading of Hanns Wagner’s play about St Maurice and St Ursus, staged for the 100^th anniversary of Solothurn’s admission to the Swiss Confederation in 1581. Wagner uses diverse verbal and theatrical methods of religious persuasion, addressing an audience of mixed confession, who are given the role of ‘the people’. By contrast with the ruler, who is the most negatively portrayed, the ‘people’ are shown to be convinced by words that visibly come true and by miracles, accepting the major Catholic prayers, and the Catholic understanding of baptism and of sainthood.

Authors/Editors

- Uni.-Prof. Dr. Cora Beate Dietl

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Dietl, C. (2023) Catechism and Miracles as Arguments in Religious Debate: Hanns Wagner’s Play of St Ursus, European Medieval Drama, 27, pp. 161-187. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EMD.5.137682

APA Citation style: Dietl, C. (2023). Catechism and Miracles as Arguments in Religious Debate: Hanns Wagner’s Play of St Ursus. European Medieval Drama. 27, 161-187. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.EMD.5.137682