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The Ordo Rachelis (Play of Rachel), Interfectio Puerorum (Murder of the Children), or Ludus Innocentium (Play of the Innocents) is a medieval dramatic tradition consisting in four plays and based on the Massacre of the Innocents, an event recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, and on the prophecy recorded in the Book of Jeremiah: "A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not" (31:15, KJV).[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 33 relations: Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges, Bethlehem, Biblical Magi, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Book of Jeremiah, Dumbshow, Epiphany (holiday), Fleury Abbey, Fleury Playbook, Flight into Egypt, Freising, Gabriel, Gospel of Matthew, Hebrews, Herod Archelaus, Herod the Great, Karl Young (theatre historian), King James Version, Laon, Limoges, Liturgy, Massacre of the Innocents, Medieval theatre, Notker the Stammerer, Paris, Peter Dronke, Planctus, Play (theatre), Rachel, Saint Joseph, Sponsus, Te Deum, Trope (literature).

  2. 11th-century manuscripts
  3. 11th-century plays
  4. Cultural depictions of Herod the Great
  5. Cultural depictions of the Biblical Magi
  6. Flight into Egypt
  7. Gabriel
  8. Herod Archelaus
  9. Massacre of the Innocents
  10. Medieval Latin literature
  11. Plays based on the New Testament
  12. Plays set in the 1st century BC
  13. Saint Joseph (husband of Mary)

Abbey of Saint Martial, Limoges

The Abbey of Saint Martial (Abbaye Saint-Martial, Limoges; Limousin: Abadiá de Sent Marçau de Limòtges) was a monastery in Limoges, France, founded in 848 and dissolved in 1791.

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Bethlehem

Bethlehem (بيت لحم,,; בֵּית לֶחֶם) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State of Palestine, located about south of Jerusalem.

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Biblical Magi

In Christianity, the Biblical Magi (or; singular), also known as the Three Wise Men, Three Kings, and Three Magi, are distinguished foreigners who visit Jesus after his birth, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh in homage to him.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France

The ('National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand.

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Book of Jeremiah

The Book of Jeremiah (ספר יִרְמְיָהוּ) is the second of the Latter Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and the second of the Prophets in the Christian Old Testament.

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Dumbshow

Dumbshow, also dumb show or dumb-show, is defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English as "gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime." In the theatre the word refers to a piece of dramatic mime in general, or more particularly a piece of action given in mime within a play "to summarise, supplement, or comment on the main action".

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Epiphany (holiday)

Epiphany, or Eid al-Ghitas (عيد الغِطاس), also known as "Theophany" in Eastern Christian tradition, is a Christian feast day commemorating the visit of the Magi, the baptism of Jesus, and the wedding at Cana.

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Fleury Abbey

Fleury Abbey (Floriacum) in Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loiret, France, founded in about 640, is one of the most celebrated Benedictine monasteries of Western Europe, and possesses the relics of St.

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Fleury Playbook

The Fleury Playbook (Livre de Jeux de Fleury — Orléans, Bibliothèque Municipale MS. 201) is a medieval collection of Latin biblical dramas dating from around 1200 AD It was included in a composite volume of sermons, biblical texts, liturgical dramas, and hymns that was bound and kept at the library of Abbaye Saint Benoît de Fleury, a Benedictine monastery at Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France, until after the French Revolution and is now housed in the Bibliothèque de la Ville (Municipal Library) at Orléans, France. Ordo Rachelis and Fleury Playbook are medieval drama and plays based on the New Testament.

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Flight into Egypt

The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Ordo Rachelis and flight into Egypt are Saint Joseph (husband of Mary).

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Freising

Freising is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising ''Landkreis'' (district), with a population of about 50,000.

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Gabriel

In the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam and the Baháʼí Faith), Gabriel is an archangel with the power to announce God's will to mankind.

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Gospel of Matthew

The Gospel of Matthew is the first book of the New Testament of the Bible and one of the three synoptic Gospels.

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Hebrews

The Hebrews were an ancient Semitic-speaking people.

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Herod Archelaus

Herod Archelaus (Hērōidēs Archelaos; 23 BC &ndash) was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for nine years.

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Herod the Great

Herod I or Herod the Great was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea.

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Karl Young (theatre historian)

Karl Young (November 2, 1879 – November 17, 1943) was an American professor of English, medievalist, and theatre historian.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Laon

Laon is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Limoges

Limoges (Lemòtges, locally Limòtges) is a city and commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne department in west-central France.

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Liturgy

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group.

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Massacre of the Innocents

The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a biblical story, recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.

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Medieval theatre

Medieval theatre encompasses theatrical in the period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century and the beginning of the Renaissance in approximately the 15th century. Ordo Rachelis and Medieval theatre are medieval drama.

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Notker the Stammerer

Notker the Stammerer (– 6 April 912), Notker Balbulus, or simply Notker, was a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall active as a composer, poet and scholar.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Peter Dronke

Ernst Peter Michael Dronke FBA (30 May 1934 – 19 April 2020) was a scholar specialising in Medieval Latin literature.

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Planctus

A planctus ("plaint") is a lament or dirge, a song or poem expressing grief or mourning.

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Play (theatre)

A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading.

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Rachel

Rachel was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel.

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Saint Joseph

Joseph (translit) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who, according to the canonical Gospels, was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. Ordo Rachelis and Saint Joseph are Saint Joseph (husband of Mary).

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Sponsus

Sponsus or The Bridegroom is a medieval Latin and Occitan dramatic treatment of Jesus' parable of the ten virgins. Ordo Rachelis and Sponsus are medieval Latin literature and medieval drama.

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Te Deum

The italic (or,; from its incipit, Thee, God, we praise) is a Latin Christian hymn traditionally ascribed to AD 387 authorship, but with antecedents that place it much earlier. Ordo Rachelis and te Deum are Catholic liturgy.

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Trope (literature)

A literary trope is the use of figurative language, via word, phrase or an image, for artistic effect such as using a figure of speech.

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See also

11th-century manuscripts

11th-century plays

  • Ordo Rachelis

Cultural depictions of Herod the Great

Cultural depictions of the Biblical Magi

Flight into Egypt

Gabriel

Herod Archelaus

Massacre of the Innocents

Medieval Latin literature

Plays based on the New Testament

Plays set in the 1st century BC

Saint Joseph (husband of Mary)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Rachelis