▁often ▁it iner ant , ▁came ▁from ▁all ▁classes ▁of ▁society , ▁and ▁wrote ▁songs ▁on ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁topics , ▁though ▁with ▁a ▁particular ▁focus ▁on ▁court ly ▁love . ▁Their ▁style ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁influence ▁the ▁trouv ères ▁of ▁northern ▁France , ▁the ▁min nes ingers ▁of ▁Germany , ▁and ▁the ▁compos ers ▁of ▁sec ular ▁music ▁of ▁the ▁Tre cent o ▁in ▁northern ▁Italy . ▁ ▁Theatre ▁ ▁Econom ic ▁and ▁political ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁High ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁ ▁gu ild s ▁and ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁towns , ▁and ▁this ▁would ▁lead ▁to ▁significant ▁changes ▁for ▁theatre ▁starting ▁in ▁this ▁time ▁and ▁continu ing ▁into ▁the ▁Late ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁Trade ▁gu ild s ▁began ▁to ▁perform ▁plays , ▁usually ▁religious ly ▁based , ▁and ▁often ▁dealing ▁with ▁a ▁bib lic al ▁story ▁that ▁referenced ▁their ▁profession . ▁For ▁instance , ▁a ▁b aker ' s ▁gu ild ▁would ▁perform ▁a ▁re en act ment ▁of ▁the ▁Last ▁Su pper . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁British ▁Is les , ▁plays ▁were ▁produced ▁in ▁some ▁ 1 2 7 ▁different ▁towns ▁during ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁These ▁vern ac ular ▁Myst ery ▁plays ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁cycles ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁plays : ▁York ▁( 4 8 ▁plays ), ▁Ch ester ▁( 2 4 ), ▁W ake field ▁( 3 2 ) ▁and ▁Un known ▁( 4 2 ). ▁A ▁larger ▁number ▁of ▁plays ▁surv ive ▁from ▁France ▁and ▁Germany ▁in ▁this ▁period