▁and ▁some ▁type ▁of ▁religious ▁dram as ▁were ▁performed ▁in ▁nearly ▁every ▁European ▁country ▁in ▁the ▁Late ▁Middle ▁A ges . ▁Many ▁of ▁these ▁plays ▁contained ▁comedy , ▁dev ils , ▁villa ins ▁and ▁c low ns . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁sec ular ▁performances ▁st aged ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges , ▁the ▁earliest ▁of ▁which ▁is ▁The ▁Play ▁of ▁the ▁Green wood ▁by ▁Adam ▁de ▁la ▁Halle ▁in ▁ 1 2 7 6 . ▁It ▁contains ▁sat ir ical ▁scenes ▁and ▁folk ▁material ▁such ▁as ▁fa eries ▁and ▁other ▁super natural ▁occurr ences . ▁Far ces ▁also ▁rose ▁dram atically ▁in ▁popular ity ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁these ▁plays ▁come ▁from ▁France ▁and ▁Germany ▁and ▁are ▁similar ▁in ▁tone ▁and ▁form , ▁emphas izing ▁sex ▁and ▁bod ily ▁ex cret ions . ▁ ▁Tim eline ▁▁▁ 1 0 0 3 ▁– ▁death ▁of ▁Pope ▁Syl v ester ▁II ▁▁ 1 0 1 8 ▁– ▁the ▁First ▁Bulgar ian ▁Empire ▁is ▁conquer ed ▁by ▁the ▁By z antine ▁Empire ▁under ▁Bas il ▁II . ▁▁ 1 0 2 7 ▁– ▁the ▁Sal ian ▁Con rad ▁II ▁succeed s ▁the ▁last ▁Ott onian ▁Henry ▁II ▁the ▁Saint ▁▁ 1 0 5 4 ▁– ▁East – West ▁Sch ism ▁▁ 1 0 6 6 ▁– ▁Battle ▁of ▁H ast ings ▁▁ 1 0 6 6 – 1 0 6 7 ▁Bay e ux ▁T apest ry ▁▁ 1 0 7 3 – 1 0