A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence.

In this lively work, 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. Tho

This collection of essays—the first of its kind in English—brings together the work of an international group of scholars examining the entire tradition ass

Who is the Fool and what does he mean to us? Pre-1900 scholars thought him a Renaissance fashion, a continental import of note in the British Isles only between