After all, if there's humour to be found elsewhere, such as in a recreational forum, comic relief doesn't need a dedicated role. Therefore: for the role of fool to be played in an online community some recognisable signifier need be present, lest others think the fools behaviour acceptable and emulate it.īut: in the great equality of wiki, how does one bestow such signifiers without creating special accounts? Perhaps this is instead another anonymous personae, much like AnonymousDonor, WikiMaster, etc?Ĭourt jesters only apply to serious, closed environments such as the courts of medieval aristocracies. I suspect any other regular joe who acted the fool wasn't indulged so readily, and the outward accoutrements served as a signifier of license. Note though that simply acting the fool wasn't enough - they had to dress the fool. Sounds like they played a useful part in their small communities, populated as it were with clashing egos, dark subterfuges, and much black magiks all such pomposity needing the occasional puncturing of a fart joke. More recently, we have in one case the, and in the other we have. His costume, which was hung with bells, usually consisted of a varicolored coat, tight breeches with legs of different colors?occasionally a long petticoat was worn?and a bauble (mock scepter) and a cap which fitted close to the head or fell over the shoulders in the form of asses? ears. The clown or jester was common in Elizabethan drama (e.g., the Fool in King Lear), and by donning the fool?s garb the actor gained the freedom of the fool. This role was played in the courts of the East, in ancient Greece and Rome, and in the court of Montezuma. For the freedom to indulge in satire, tricks, and repartee, many men of keen insight and caustic wit obtained powerful patronage by assuming the role of fool. The medieval court fool was seldom mentally deficient. Attached to noble and royal courts were dwarfs, cripples, idiots, albinos, and freaks. In all countries from ancient times and extending into the 18th cent., mental and physical deformity provided amusement. 2001.įool or court jester, a person who entertains with buffoonery and an often caustic wit. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Dalby does so he neglects many archaeological and botanical records about the history and spread of spices.CourtJester MeatballWiki | RecentChanges | Random Page | Indices | Categories What were products like cinnamon and cassia in reality, when antique writers wrote about them? Were these authors really able to give a reliable report about the trading routes and the area of origin where the valuable spices were harvested? This uncertainty exists as long as predominantly literally texts are quoted to reconstruct the history of spices. Dalby reports on the problem that cumin in recipes from the Mediterranean area was replaced by caraway when the recipes were brought to Central Europe. It is often not clear whether products and their names remained the same through time. The last, very readable chapter of the book, "In Quest of Spicery," deals with the problem of the reliability of sources. Another aspect of the early treatment of spices, the enrichment in the countries of spice trade and spice consumption, seems to be less important to him. Interested in the areas of origin of spices and in reconstructing the ancient trading routes. Journal of World History University of Hawai'I Press These disciplines can fill the gap of knowledge, if they are included to the interdisciplinary project of outlining the history of spices Dalby does so he neglects many archaeological and botanical records about the history and spread of spices. Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester around the World (review) Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester around the World (review)
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