| A Common Stage: Theater and Public Life in Medieval Arras Subjects: French drama -- To 1500 -- History and criticism; Theater and society -- France -- Arras -- History -- To 1500; Theater -- France -- Arras -- History -- Medieval 500-1500; A Common Stage challenges the prevalent understanding of theater history while offering the first comprehensive history of a community often credited with the invention of French as a powerful literary language. Carol Symes is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. |