Several short readings designed to illustrate the social and religious context in which the York Corpus Christi plays were produced.

A Christ Taken Prisoner
An amusing historical anecdote that illustrates how the religious, economic, and civic lives of the people were closely intertwined. The example is not from the medieval English town of York, but rather describes a different occasion in a different country.

Religious, Political, Economic and Artistic Contexts

Computer Simulation of Wagon Motion

Video captures and video clips from a 1977 production of the full cycle (including the two plays you are asked to read).