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Classical mythology was a favorite subject of the 16th century rhetoricians. These "fables" were adapted into sensual games in which recognizable love issues were discussed. Nine of these so-called mythological-amorous plays have been handed down, written and performed since the end of the fifteenth century. The texts make clear how the handling of classical mythology changed in the period that forms the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times. This study examines the relationship to the original texts, the dramaturgy and performance of the plays and the tradition in manuscript and print. The mythology, pagan and fictional in nature, provided space to experiment with the depiction of eroticism and emotions, while dramaturgy provided a didactic framework that met the social and ethical needs of the time. The mythological-amorous games thus contributed to the introduction, distribution and acceptance of ancient mythology in the vernacular culture and to the development of an effective love didactic.

Dutch literature. --- Dutch literature --- Flemish literature --- Mythology, Classical, in literature. --- Mythology, Classical --- Rhetoricians --- History and criticism. --- Chambers of rhetoric --- Dutch drama --- History. --- Flemish drama --- Rederijkerskamers --- Literature --- Societies, etc. --- geschiedenis --- history --- dutch literature - flemish literature --- literatuurgeschiedenis

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Closely linked, theatre and rhetoric underwent a renaissance in the Latin scholar culture and the vernacular world of urbanized Europe from the fifteenth century onwards. Based on research into ideas, (literary) practices and members, Lustige geesten shows that the rhetoric chambers were the Dutch variant of an early modern culture of public eloquence, with the theatre as quintessence. Rhetoriziens expressed the intellectual and social missions of their chambers in the core concept of rhetoric, which referred to both (utopian) ideals of bourgeoisie and the application of knowledge (conste) in a committed culture. The northern Netherlands (especially Holland and Zeeland) and the southern (especially Flanders and Brabant) formed one rhetoric world of overlapping networks in which international cultural trends were incorporated locally and regionally through an active reading, conversation and discussion culture. The means of public eloquence (writing and staging drama, song, poem) were intended (internally) to shape (in a playful and competitive atmosphere) the minds of young men from wealthy families and middle classes. By organizing (externally) performances in the local party culture and at long-distance rhetorician festivals, rooms functioned as publication centres for their best writers and performers. The rhetoricians thus contributed to the emergence of a vernacular scholar culture and participated in the public debate. Lustige spirits thus shows in which ways the social, institutional and cultural elements of the rhetorician culture determined the social influence of the rhetoricians and their contribution to the emergence of the (northern) Netherlands as a European cultural centre.

Dutch literature --- Theatrical science --- History of civilization --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1400-1499 --- Netherlands --- Chambers of rhetoric --- Chambres de rhétorique --- Littérature néerlandaise --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire --- Histoire et critique --- History --- History and criticism --- Rederijkerskamers --- Literature --- Societies, etc. --- Chambers of rhetoric - Netherlands - History --- Dutch literature - 1500-1800 - History and criticism --- nederlandse letterkunde --- dutch literature --- geschiedenis --- history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines

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Deze publicatie onderzoekt voor het eerst de interactie tussen dergelijke vorstenfeesten en literatuur binnen een breed geografisch en tijdskader. Speciale aandacht gaat uit naar de kamers van retorica, die zich bezighielden met het schrijven en opvoeren van teksten en nauw betrokken waren bij het organiseren van vorstenfeesten. Hun stempel op deze vieringen blijkt groter en meer divers te zijn geweest dan tot op heden werd aangenomen. ""Voor vorst en stad"" beweegt zich op het snijvlak van politieke, literatuur- en cultuurgeschiedenis. Het toont aan hoe nauw literatuur en politiek in de vroeg

Dutch literature --- History of the Low Countries --- Drama --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Rhetoric, Medieval --- Rites and ceremonies --- Chambers of rhetoric --- Rhétorique médiévale --- Littérature néerlandaise --- Rites et cérémonies --- Chambres de rhétorique --- History and criticism --- History --- Histoire et critique --- Histoire --- Festivals --- Literary landmarks --- Learning and scholarship --- History. --- Brabant (Belgium) --- Flanders (Belgium) --- Intellectual life. --- Days --- Manners and customs --- Anniversaries --- Fasts and feasts --- Pageants --- Processions --- Rederijkerskamers --- Literature --- Societies, etc. --- Erudition --- Scholarship --- Civilization --- Intellectual life --- Education --- Research --- Scholars --- Authors --- Landmarks, Literary --- Historic buildings --- Homes and haunts --- Vlaanderen (Belgium) --- Région flamande (Belgium) --- Flemish Region (Belgium) --- Vlaams Gewest (Belgium) --- Flandre (Belgium) --- Brabant (Province) --- Province of Brabant (Belgium) --- Province de Brabant (Belgium) --- Provincie Brabant (Belgium) --- Provinz Brabant (Belgium) --- Provincia del Brabante (Belgium) --- Brabante (Belgium) --- Брабант (Belgium) --- Провинция Брабант (Belgium) --- Provint︠s︡ii︠a︡ Brabant (Belgium) --- Brabant (Duchy) --- Région de Bruxelles-Capitale (Belgium) --- Vlaams-Brabant (Belgium) --- Brabant Wallon (Belgium) --- Chambres de rhétorique --- Littérature néerlandaise --- Politique et littérature --- 1500-1800 --- Brabant (Duché) --- Flandre (Comté)