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The church was in the power and religious people were the authority. Most of the common people were illiterate. Nobody can read the Bible . And when people can not read the Bible they believed what is said to them by the clergy. So in order to know about religion , people went to the church.

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The clergy did not like that common people not knowing their religion. So they came up with small sketchers on special sundays like Christmas, Easter etc.It was a good idea to teach people the Bible.

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These short plays were acted by clergy.The plays were in Latin but from the way they are represented , people understand them.These short plays were called Mıracle Plays. People and clergy liked it.

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However , in time the church started to lose power as secularization came to be. State gained more power. Common people wanted to develop this idea of performing plays because it was a nice entertainment. As the idea of performing became more popular and asked for by common people these performances started to moving out of the church and into towns, as a part of the town life,not just the church. And it still had a religious touch, still on sundays.

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An organization which brings people together who are doing the same jobs, trade , craft. (builders guilds). In medieval times guilds were powerful organizations .

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Mistery plays turned into another type of play. The new plays were not religious anymore. They focused on morality and called morality plays.Moral issues like corruption,being honest...these plays were sttill performed by common people who develop their own performances with a moral lesson,not religious.Morality plays were allegorical plays which carries a moral lesson. and performed by a small group of players , not only on religiously important days but anytimes.

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The guilds choose Biblical stories which fit their trades.(cookers- last supper) And they design their pageant according to their stroies . Because it was an horseback it gave them to ability of mobility. So one pageant could drive to another part of the town after they perform it to a group of people. More people could see the plays. They called these plays as Mistery Plays. People enjoyed plays a lot. A great source of entertainment which still is the soruce of information with it's Bible based stories.

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On those special days, guilds woulds choose a story from Bible and perform it. The clergy are not the actors anymore . It is common people who are acting. And they are performing the town square. This is the reflection of secularization.In town square every guild had an pageant, which was a horse drawn carriage in the shape of a stage.

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Drama in medieval times was appeared for religious purposes but eventually became a secular form of entertaintment.