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Middeleeuwen --- Middle Ages --- Moyen Âge --- Moyen-Âge --- Parodie --- Parody --- Parodies, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- History and criticism --- -Parody --- Comic literature --- Literature, Comic --- Travesty --- Satire --- Burlesque (Literature) --- Caricature --- Latin parodies, Medieval and modern --- Latin wit and humor, Medieval and modern --- Dark Ages --- History, Medieval --- Medieval history --- Medieval period --- World history, Medieval --- World history --- Civilization, Medieval --- Medievalism --- Renaissance --- History --- Middle Ages. --- Parody. --- History and criticism. --- Parody, Latin [Medieval and modern ] --- Parodies, Latin (Medieval and modern) - History and criticism

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"The fifteen medieval Latin parodies edited in this volume are among the liveliest from a lively age of satire and literary mischief. That medieval clerical life was often high-spirited and entertaining was a secret the official Church was not eager to reveal. Thus, apart from a few exceptions, such as the drinking songs of the Carmina Burana (famously and anachronistically revived by Carl Orff), the medieval Latin of religion and the schools is rarely regarded as a repository of madcap humour. Instead it typically gives the impression of a medium of sombre and utilitarian literature, the dryness relieved by occasional flights of sophisticated love poetry. As the lingua franca of the medieval world, and above all of the medieval Church, Latin can certainly lay claim to innumerable works that prize worthiness above entertainment value. But the examples of clerical and scholarly merrymaking edited in this book--representatives of a widespread tradition--are testimony that the educated were just as fond of revelry as their more secular and plebeian contemporaries."--

Parodies, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Verse satire, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Parody --- Satire, Medieval --- Latin verse satire, Medieval and modern --- Medieval Latin verse satire --- Modern Latin verse satire --- Latin parodies, Medieval and modern --- Medieval satire --- Comic literature --- Literature, Comic --- Travesty --- Parodies, Latin (Medieval and modern). --- Verse satire, Latin (Medieval and modern). --- Parody. --- Satire, Medieval. --- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern --- Latin wit and humor, Medieval and modern --- Satire --- Burlesque (Literature) --- Caricature

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The people of early England (c. 450-1100 CE) enjoyed numerous kinds of entertainment, recreation and pleasure, but the scattered records of such things have made the larger picture challenging to assemble. This volume illuminates the merrier aspects of early English life, extending our understanding of the full range of early medieval English culture. It shows why entertainment and festivity were not merely trivial aspects of culture, but had important functions, in ritual, in community-building, in assuming power, and in resistance to power. Among the activities explored are child's play; drinking and feasting; music, dance, and performance; the pleasures of literature, festivals and celebrations; hunting and sport; and games.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Recreation --- Amusements --- History --- England --- Civilization --- Social life and customs

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This innovative volume of pre-modern cultural history offers the opportunity to compare the ways in which gender and status competition intersect across periods and places. This innovative volume of cultural history offers a unique exploration of how gender and status competition have intersected across different periods and places. The contributions collected here focus on the role of women and the practice of masculinity in settings as varied as ancient Rome, China, Iran, and Arabia, medieval and early modern England, and early modern Italy, France, and Scandinavia, as well as exploring issues that affected people of all social rank, from raillery and pranks to shaming, male boasting about sexual conquests, court rituals, violence, and the use and display of wealth. Particular attention is paid to the performance of such issues, with chapters examining status and gender through cultural practices, especially specific (re)presentations of women. These include Roman priestesses, early Christian virgin martyrs, flirtation in seventh-century Arabia, and the attempt by an early modern French woman to take her place among the immortals. Together this wide-ranging and fascinating array of studies from renowned scholars offers new insights into how and why different cultures responded to the drive for status, and the complications of gender within that drive.

#SBIB:316.346H20 --- #SBIB:39A11 --- 316.34 --- 316.34 Sociale differentiatie. Sociale typologie. Sociale stratificatie --- Sociale differentiatie. Sociale typologie. Sociale stratificatie --- Positie van de vrouw in de samenleving: algemeen --- Antropologie : socio-politieke structuren en relaties --- Sex role --- Men --- Women --- Social status --- History. --- Social conditions --- Social stratification --- History of civilization

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How has our expression, use and reception of comedy developed from antiquity to the present day? What role has it occupied in Western culture, and what can it tell us about how society has changed? In a work that spans 2,500 years, these ambitious questions are addressed by 55 experts, each contributing their overview of a theme applied to a period in history. The volumes describe various manifestations of comedy, its use in religion, theatre and literature, and its historical and philosophical significance. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six.

Comedy --- European drama (Comedy) --- Comedy. --- History and criticism. --- European drama --- History and criticism --- Komödie. --- European drama (Comedy). --- Theatrical science --- Literature --- World history --- History of civilization --- Ancient history --- History of Europe --- anno 1000-1099 --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1100-1199 --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1900-1909 --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1900-1999 --- comedy [genre] --- comedy [general genre]