I. THE FALL OF THE THEATRES 1 II. MIMUS AND SCÔP 23 III. THE MINSTREL LIFE 42 IV. THE MINSTREL REPERTORY 70 BOOK II. FOLK DRAMA V. THE RELIGION OF THE FOLK 89 VI. VILLAGE FESTIVALS 116 VII. FESTIVAL PLAY 146 VIII. THE MAY-GAME 160 IX. THE SWORD-DANCE 182 X. THE MUMMERS’ PLAY 205 XI. THE BEGINNING OF WINTER 228 XII. NEW YEAR CUSTOMS 249 XIII. THE FEAST OF FOOLS 274 XIV. THE FEAST OF FOOLS (_continued_) 301 XV. THE BOY BISHOP 336 XVI. GUILD FOOLS AND COURT FOOLS 372 XVII. MASKS AND MISRULE 390 VOLUME II BOOK III. RELIGIOUS DRAMA XVIII. LITURGICAL PLAYS 1 XIX. LITURGICAL PLAYS (_continued_) 41 XX. THE SECULARIZATION OF THE PLAYS 68 XXI. GUILD PLAYS AND PARISH PLAYS 106 XXII. GUILD PLAYS AND PARISH PLAYS (_continued_) 124 XXIII. MORALITIES, PUPPET-PLAYS, AND PAGEANTS 149 BOOK IV. THE INTERLUDE XXIV. PLAYERS OF INTERLUDES 179 XXV. HUMANISM AND MEDIAEVALISM 199 APPENDICES A. THE TRIBUNUS VOLUPTATUM 229 B. TOTA IOCULATORUM SCENA 230 C. COURT MINSTRELSY IN 1306 234 D. THE MINSTREL HIERARCHY 238 E. EXTRACTS FROM ACCOUNT BOOKS 240 I. Durham Priory 240 II. Maxstoke Priory 244 III. Thetford Priory 245 IV. Winchester College 246 V. Magdalen College, Oxford 248 VI. Shrewsbury Corporation 250 VII. The Howards of Stoke-by-Nayland, Essex 255