The History of Court Fools
by Dr. Doran
★★★★★No ratings yet
Language: English
Sign in to rate this book.
Sign in to shelve this book.
About this eBook
- Author
- Doran, Dr. (John), 1807-1878
- Credits
- E-text prepared by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GT: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Manners and customs
- Subject
- Fools and jesters
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59618
- Release Date
- May 27, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.E-text prepared by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — HISTORY OF COURT FOOLS.
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.THE HISTORY OF COURT FOOLS. — THE FOOL,—OF LEGEND AND ANTIQUITY.
- 4.THE FOOL BY RIGHT OF OFFICE.
- 5.THE FEMALE FOOLS.
- 6.THE ORIENTAL “NOODLE.”
- 7.ENGLISH MINSTREL AND JESTER.
- 8.ENGLISH COURT FOOLS, FROM THE REIGN OF EDMUND IRONSIDE.
- 9.THE COURT FOOLS OF FRANCE.
- 10.JESTERS IN THE NORTHERN COURTS OF EUROPE.
- 11.THE SPANISH JESTERS.
- 12.THE FOOLS OF THE IMPERIAL AND MINOR COURTS OF GERMANY.
- 13.THE JESTERS OF ITALY.
- 14.JESTERS IN PRIESTS’ HOUSES.
- 15.PRINCES WHO HAVE BEEN THEIR OWN FOOLS.
- 16.DR. DORAN’S POPULAR WORKS. — BOOKS FOR PRESENTS.
- 17.FOOTNOTES
- 18.Transcriber’s Note
Community reviews
Sign in to write a review.
No reviews yet.