mystery plays (mystères plays)
The term mystère appears first in 1374 in the records of Rouen linked with ‘miracle’, where a confrérie of Rouen is commanded to play ‘aucun vrai mistere ou miracle’. The terms seem to be interchangeable in late medieval French usage. Later French use of the term refers to ... ...
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