"Con sanctissima pompa". Lo spettacolo sacro a Ferrara nel XV secolo (1429-1505)

The thesis investigates the birth and development of religious theater in Ferrara in the Fifteenth Century. Starting from the Chronicles of the period and the payment records of Camera Ducale Estense, held at the State Archives in Modena, it reconstructs the material culture of theater. The performances are analyzed in the dialectics between the various cultures in Ferrara: religious, literary and courteous. It shows a variety of styles, shapes and structures that reveals the theater as the place of cultural contamination.