Medieval Humour
Expressions, Receptions and Functions

Kleio Pethainou (Edited by)

9786156405708

Hardback, published 1 March 2023

166 pages, 18 pages of illustrations
21 x 14.8 x 1.3 cm, 0.3 kg

Simultaneously pervasive and evasive, rebellious and oppressive, transgressive and socially specific, humour is a vast and interdisciplinary field of research. Seeking to rethink this quintessentially human expression, this volume is bringing together established and emerging directions of medieval humour research. Each contribution explores different artistic expressions, receptions and functions of humour and identifies a series of problems in researching humour historically. Medieval Humour: Expressions, Receptions and Functions dissects humour in art and thought, literature and drama, society and culture, contributing to a deeper understanding of our cultural past.

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 —
  Fun and Games in the Gospels: Medieval Emojis and Humour in The Book of Kells —
  Donncha MacGabhann
• Chapter 2 —
  Bernard of Clairvaux, Killjoy? Humourlessness in Medieval Monasteries —
  Peter Jones
• Chapter 3 —
  Medieval Nonsense Humour in Scribal Additions —
  Lucie Dolež
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• Chapter 4 —
  Carnivalesque Magic in Late-Medieval English and Scottish Comic Tales: "I have dauncid in the devillis name" —
  Mark Truesdale
• Chapter 5 —
  A Fresh Perspective on the Humour in "Jaufre": Oral Delivery, and Audience Responses —
  Margaret Anne Purbrick
• Chapter 6 —
  Visual Humour in the Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles —
  Kleio Pethainou