Did medieval people tell jokes? Read some of the funny tales from the Facetiae, a 15th century bestseller.
How to be a party-crasher in the Middle Ages
June 9, 2013 By
I’m the one who saved you the trouble of sending an invitation!
Men’s Words in Women’s Mouths: Why Misogynous Stereotypes are Humorous in the Old French Fabliaux
July 31, 2012 By
How can misogyny, or any such unabashed and unrepentant diatribe against women, be part of a genre which is largely considered to be comic?
The Place of Humour in Medieval Literature and Culture
April 11, 2012 By
This is a 10 minute synopsis of my doctoral dissertation concerning humour in medieval English literature and art delivered at the 2nd Annual Doctoral Research Showcase held in University College Cork on the 21st of June 2011
’I am well done – please go on eating’ – Food, Digestion, and Humour in Late Medieval Danish Wall Paintings
February 29, 2012 By
Jesus never laughed or smiled. Holy people behave like Him: they tend to be solemn, austere, and their body language is restricted. They ought in any case to behave like Jesus. But in late medieval Danish wall paintings some holy people rebel, and St Laurence even jokes.
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