Mary of Nemmegen

The ca. 1518 Translation and the Middle Dutch Analogue, Mariken van Nieumeghen

edited and translated by Clifford Davidson, Ton J. Broos and Martin W. Walsh

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Extent: 168 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Early Drama, Art, and Music Monograph

Series volume number: 31

Language: English

PDF (Published)

(July 2016)

ISBN: 9781580442305

Price: $79.95

Mary of Nemmegen, a prose condensation in English of the play Mariken van Nieumeghen, is a prime example of Dutch literature imported in the early sixteenth century.


Mary of Nemmegen, a prose condensation in English of the Middle Dutch play Mariken van Nieumeghen, is an important example of the literature that was imported from Holland in the early part of the sixteenth century. It also may be compared to Everyman, described as a treatise “in the manner of a moral play.” Mary of Nemmegen is an analogue of the Faustus story. As such, it is also a window on the obsession in its own time with the occult.

  • By (author) Medieval Institute Publications
  • Edited and translated by Ton J Broos
  • Edited and translated by Clifford Davidson
  • Edited and translated by Martin W Walsh