Sacred folly a new history of the Feast of Fools / Max Harris.
| Author/creator | Harris, Max, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, |
| Description | 1 online resource (x, 322 p.) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | I: Before the Feast of fools -- The Kalends of January -- The Holy City of Byzantium -- Roman games -- Herod in Germany -- Tossing a ball in a French cathedral -- II: Shaping the Feast of Fools -- The Feast of the Subdeacons -- The Feast of the ass -- The complaints of innocent III -- The office of the circumcision -- The plays of Daniel and Joseph -- III: Supporting the feast of fools -- Chapter support -- Rumors of disorder -- A spirited defense -- Youth groups, coal dust, and cow dung -- Outside France -- IV: Suppressing the Feast of Fools -- Jean Gerson and the Auxerre affair -- Trouble in St.-Omer and Noyon -- Troyes, sens, and the Council of Basel -- Rereading the letter from Paris -- A durable feast -- V: Beyond the Feast of Fools -- Festive societies -- Innocents and fools -- King of the Breeches -- Our lady of the Trellis -- Mother Fool -- Epilogue: orange peel in Antibes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-314) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Sacred folly Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011. 9780801449567 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021701133 |
| ISBN | 9780801461934 ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |