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Immaculate Deception and Further Ribaldries
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357NotesIntroduction1. For an excellent initiation to this vast historical and theological subject, see Oz-ment, Age of Reform and Protestants; and Christian Spirituality, ed. Raitt.2. For more on the Basoche, see Harvey’s signature TB; Bouhaïk- Gironès, Les Clercs de la Basoche; ROMD, chap. 3; FF, 4–13; and PF, chap. 1.3. The procurator general of Paris, a rough equivalent of an attorney general, cited by Sainte-Beuve in Tableau historique, 193–95; and in DBD, 107–8, 221–22.4. Cited by Lebègue, Mystère des actes des apôtres, 30–31.5. François Vinchant, Annales de la province et comtédu Hainaut, 5: 267, cited in DBD, 223.6. Rousse devotes vol. 5 of TFFMA to these socie ties; also discussed at length by Reid in “Carnival in Rouen” and “Triumph of the Abbey,” both analyzed by Guynn in PF, e.g., 30–31.7. As this book was going to press, Repre sen ta tions published a dazzling special issue in 2021, titled “Practices of Devotion” edited by Eleanor Craig, Amy Hollywood, and Chris Trujillo (https:// online . ucpress . edu / representations / issue / 153 / 1; accessed 15 March 2021).8. On this rich topic— confession sans repentance in the Roman de la Rose (v. 6924)— see, e.g., Tentler, Sin and Confession, 3–30; and, more generally, PF, 111–125.9. See Pouchelle on “secret places” as both the female reproductive organs and the latrine (Body and Surgery in the Middle Ages, 134), the latter the site of the messy denoue-ment of The Shit house (HD, #2).10. The Constitutions of 1322, cited in Baverstock, Priest as Confessor, 63. You can see a lovely image of an outdoor confession here: https:// www . medievalists . net / wp - content / uploads / 2014 / 11 / Medieval - priest - giving - confession . jpg (accessed 13 April 2021).11. For my revision of Goffman’s “bracketing” in Frame Analy sis, see MBA, 8–11. I coined the term “pseudoperformativity” in “History Trou ble,” by which I mean the ap-pearance or fantasy of a performative that is not one.12. See Hardison’s seminal revisitation of E. K. Chambers and Karl Young in CRCD, Essay 1; ROMD, 54–68; and Dox, Idea of the Theater, 74–85.
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357NotesIntroduction1. For an excellent initiation to this vast historical and theological subject, see Oz-ment, Age of Reform and Protestants; and Christian Spirituality, ed. Raitt.2. For more on the Basoche, see Harvey’s signature TB; Bouhaïk- Gironès, Les Clercs de la Basoche; ROMD, chap. 3; FF, 4–13; and PF, chap. 1.3. The procurator general of Paris, a rough equivalent of an attorney general, cited by Sainte-Beuve in Tableau historique, 193–95; and in DBD, 107–8, 221–22.4. Cited by Lebègue, Mystère des actes des apôtres, 30–31.5. François Vinchant, Annales de la province et comtédu Hainaut, 5: 267, cited in DBD, 223.6. Rousse devotes vol. 5 of TFFMA to these socie ties; also discussed at length by Reid in “Carnival in Rouen” and “Triumph of the Abbey,” both analyzed by Guynn in PF, e.g., 30–31.7. As this book was going to press, Repre sen ta tions published a dazzling special issue in 2021, titled “Practices of Devotion” edited by Eleanor Craig, Amy Hollywood, and Chris Trujillo (https:// online . ucpress . edu / representations / issue / 153 / 1; accessed 15 March 2021).8. On this rich topic— confession sans repentance in the Roman de la Rose (v. 6924)— see, e.g., Tentler, Sin and Confession, 3–30; and, more generally, PF, 111–125.9. See Pouchelle on “secret places” as both the female reproductive organs and the latrine (Body and Surgery in the Middle Ages, 134), the latter the site of the messy denoue-ment of The Shit house (HD, #2).10. The Constitutions of 1322, cited in Baverstock, Priest as Confessor, 63. You can see a lovely image of an outdoor confession here: https:// www . medievalists . net / wp - content / uploads / 2014 / 11 / Medieval - priest - giving - confession . jpg (accessed 13 April 2021).11. For my revision of Goffman’s “bracketing” in Frame Analy sis, see MBA, 8–11. I coined the term “pseudoperformativity” in “History Trou ble,” by which I mean the ap-pearance or fantasy of a performative that is not one.12. See Hardison’s seminal revisitation of E. K. Chambers and Karl Young in CRCD, Essay 1; ROMD, 54–68; and Dox, Idea of the Theater, 74–85.
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Abbreviations ix
  4. Introduction: Nothing Sacred 1
  5. Brief Plot Summaries 35
  6. The PLAYS
  7. Actors’ Prologue 39
  8. 1. The Con-Man’s Confession La Confession Rifflart 43
  9. 2. Blue Confessions, or, Sweet Margot Spills La Confession de Margot 59
  10. 3. Highway Robbery, or, A Criminal Confession La Confession du Brigant au Curé 79
  11. 4. Confessions of a Medieval Drama Queen, or, The Theologina Dialogues La Farce de quatre femmes 96
  12. 5. Confession Follies: Folie à Deux? Le Badin, la Femme, et la Chambrière 130
  13. 6. Brother Fillerup Frère Fillebert 163
  14. 7. Bro Job, or, Cum Hither: Les Chamberières qui vont à la messe de cinq heures 181
  15. 8. The Resurrection of Johnny Palmer La Resurrection Jenin à Paulme 206
  16. 9. The Resurrection of Johnny Slack-Jaw, or, The Harrowing of Heaven La Résurrection de Jenin Landore 236
  17. 10. The Pardoners’ Tales, or, Panderers’ Box La Farce d’un Pardonneur, d’un Triacleur et d’une Tavernière 258
  18. 11. Slick Brother Willy Frère Guillebert 280
  19. 12. Immaculate Deception, or, Nuns Behaving Badly Farce nouvelle à cinq parsonnages (Soeur Fessue) 316
  20. Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials 345
  21. Notes 357
  22. Bibliography 391
  23. Acknowledgments 413
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Abbreviations ix
  4. Introduction: Nothing Sacred 1
  5. Brief Plot Summaries 35
  6. The PLAYS
  7. Actors’ Prologue 39
  8. 1. The Con-Man’s Confession La Confession Rifflart 43
  9. 2. Blue Confessions, or, Sweet Margot Spills La Confession de Margot 59
  10. 3. Highway Robbery, or, A Criminal Confession La Confession du Brigant au Curé 79
  11. 4. Confessions of a Medieval Drama Queen, or, The Theologina Dialogues La Farce de quatre femmes 96
  12. 5. Confession Follies: Folie à Deux? Le Badin, la Femme, et la Chambrière 130
  13. 6. Brother Fillerup Frère Fillebert 163
  14. 7. Bro Job, or, Cum Hither: Les Chamberières qui vont à la messe de cinq heures 181
  15. 8. The Resurrection of Johnny Palmer La Resurrection Jenin à Paulme 206
  16. 9. The Resurrection of Johnny Slack-Jaw, or, The Harrowing of Heaven La Résurrection de Jenin Landore 236
  17. 10. The Pardoners’ Tales, or, Panderers’ Box La Farce d’un Pardonneur, d’un Triacleur et d’une Tavernière 258
  18. 11. Slick Brother Willy Frère Guillebert 280
  19. 12. Immaculate Deception, or, Nuns Behaving Badly Farce nouvelle à cinq parsonnages (Soeur Fessue) 316
  20. Appendix: Scholarly References to Copyrighted Materials 345
  21. Notes 357
  22. Bibliography 391
  23. Acknowledgments 413
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