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- catalog abstract ""Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and the Mogul emperors of India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. Throughout history, they have lampooned anything and anyone deemed sacrosanct - religion and its representatives, self-important scholars, officials, and corrupt, lazy rulers. With a wealth of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations, Otto brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on people of power and position. In the process she sheds a more idiosyncratic, intimate light on some of the most important figures in world history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12036353.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog date "2007".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history - the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and the Mogul emperors of India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. Throughout history, they have lampooned anything and anyone deemed sacrosanct - religion and its representatives, self-important scholars, officials, and corrupt, lazy rulers. With a wealth of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations, Otto brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on people of power and position.".
- catalog description "In the process she sheds a more idiosyncratic, intimate light on some of the most important figures in world history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-399) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: The Number of Fools Is Infinite -- 1. Facets of the Fool -- 2. The Scepter and the Bauble -- 3. In Risu Veritas, or Many a True Word Spoken in Jest -- 4. Overstepping the Mark: The Limits of His License -- 5. Religion, Erudition, and Irreverence -- 6. All the World's a Stage -- 7. Stultorum Plena Sunt Omnia, or Fools Are Everywhere -- Epilogue: Future Fooling? -- Appendix: Table of Named Jesters.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 420 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226640914 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0226640922 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog issued "2007".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog subject "792.7/028 21".
- catalog subject "Fools and jesters Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog subject "Fools and jesters History.".
- catalog subject "GT3670 .O77 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: The Number of Fools Is Infinite -- 1. Facets of the Fool -- 2. The Scepter and the Bauble -- 3. In Risu Veritas, or Many a True Word Spoken in Jest -- 4. Overstepping the Mark: The Limits of His License -- 5. Religion, Erudition, and Irreverence -- 6. All the World's a Stage -- 7. Stultorum Plena Sunt Omnia, or Fools Are Everywhere -- Epilogue: Future Fooling? -- Appendix: Table of Named Jesters.".
- catalog title "Fools are everywhere : the court jester around the world / Beatrice K. Otto.".
- catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".