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Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Paperback)
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Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Paperback)
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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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