Fools and Folly
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Fools and Folly

During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

  1. 234 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Fools and Folly

During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

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Studies the role of the fool as a perennial figure who appears in literature in many forms and under many names.

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Contents
  3. I. Introduction
  4. II. The Fool in Disgrace - Failure and Sinner
  5. III. The Fool Triumphs over the Wise Man
  6. IV. The Fool in Person
  7. V. The Joyous Societies
  8. VI. The Fool’s Roles in the Sotties
  9. VII. The Ship of Fools
  10. VIII. The Praise of Folly
  11. IX. Roles of Folly in English Moralities
  12. X. The Fool Exhausted
  13. XI. Conclusion
  14. Notes
  15. Index