For the People
type: Item
label: Voor het volk @nl
label: Für die ganze Bevölkerung @de
label: Pro veřejnost @cs
label: Per le persone @it
label: Para el pueblo @es
label: För folket @sv
description: Theatre in the market-place
description: Theater op de markt @nl
description: Theater auf dem Marktplatz @de
description: Divadlo na tržišti @cs
description: Il teatro in piazza del mercato @it
description: Teatro en la plaza del mercado @es
description: Teater på marknadsplatsen @sv
Canon story number: 15
Canon story code: E.02
time frame: Middle Ages
Canon story topic: Architecture
Field: architecture
Link to internal Canonbase page: For_the_People
Link to internal Canonbase page: Voor_het_volk
Instance of: Canon stories
Canon story description: In the Middle Ages, theatre performance, like the churches, was located in urban space: in squares and streets. Here, mystery plays were performed, such as in Lucerne, and in the square in front of the Palais d'Arshot in Valenciennes in 1547.