Abstract
Studies of the Chester cycle have seen a turn towards the importance of context, looking to archival material to understand the cycle's history and significance, and discovering localized narratives within the text that coexist with the text's scriptural content. Recognizing the text's historical embeddedness reveals its cultural function as a tool for civic transformation. Anachronisms, allusions to the civic context of performance, and generalized references to labour all serve to reflect an image of the city to its inhabitants. This image represented the interests of the civic elite, but, given the longevity of the production, must also have spoken to the majority of the audience.
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