Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Although the topic of humour has been dealt with for other eras, early medieval humour remains largely neglected. These essays go some way towards filling the gap, examining how early medieval writers deliberately employed humour to make their cases. The essays range from the late Roman empire throu...
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| Format | eBook Book |
| Language | English |
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Cambridge University Press
13.06.2002
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| Summary: | Although the topic of humour has been dealt with for other eras, early medieval humour remains largely neglected. These essays go some way towards filling the gap, examining how early medieval writers deliberately employed humour to make their cases. The essays range from the late Roman empire through to the tenth century, and from Byzantium to Anglo-Saxon England. The subject matter is diverse, but a number of themes link them together, notably the use of irony, ridicule and satire as political tools. Two chapters serve as an extended introduction to the topic, while the following six chapters offer varied treatments of humour and politics, looking at different times and places, but at the Carolingian world in particular. Together, they raise important and original issues about how humour was employed to articulate concepts of political power, perceptions of kingship, social relations and the role of particular texts. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index Most of the papers in the volume were first presented in a series of sessions at the fifth International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, 1998 SourceType-Books-1 ObjectType-Book-1 content type line 7 |
| ISBN: | 9780521133654 9780521811163 0521133653 0521811163 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511496325 |