English Literature A-Level
Civic and religious identity
What Civic and religious identity means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Civic and religious identity
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The play's staging on pageant wagons by the civic guilds of Chester, engaging the medieval civic audience while reinforcing its didactic purpose.
Topics that use Civic and religious identity
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – The Medieval Period – Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays, editor A C Cawley (Everyman, 1993) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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