Medieval European Jesters and Fools

Digital Bibliography


Related Websites:

The Internet Medieval Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/h alsall/sbook.html

The place to go for primary source material related to the Middle Ages.

The Labyrinth Compendium of Medieval Resources
http://www.georgetown.edu/lab yrinth/
Based at Georgetown University this site provides links to many medieval resources available on the Internet.

NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Studies
http://www.cua.edu/www/hist/n etserf/
Links to web sites related to archeology, history, music, art, and more related to medieval history.

The Online Medieval and Classical Literature Library
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMA CL/
This site provides links to texts which are considered major literary works of the middle ages.

ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
http://orb.rhodes.edu/
Articles and links on the Middle Ages.


Print Resources:

Armin, R. (1608). Fools and Jesters: with a reprint of Robert Armin's Nest of Ninnies, London: The Shakespeare Society.

Bates, A. (Ed). (1906). Drama: Its History, Literature, and Influence on Civilization 7, London: Historical Publishing Company.

Busby, O. M. (1923). Studies in the development of the fool in the Elizabethan drama, London: Oxford University Press.

Clouston, W. A. (1969). The book of noodles: stories of simpletons; or, Fools and their follies, Detroit: Gale Research Co.

Nelson, Janet T. (1986). Politics and Ritual in Early Medieval Europe, London: The Hambledon Press.

Otto, B. K. (2000). Fooling around the World: The History of the Jester, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Stewart, R. W. (1993). Royalty for Commoners, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company.

Swain, B. (1932). Fools and Folly during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, New York: Columbia University Press.

Welsford, E. (1935). The Fool; his Social and Literary History, London: Faber and Faber.

Williams, P. (Ed). (1979). The Fool and the Trickster: studies in Honour of Enid Welsford, Cambridge: Rowman & Littlefield.


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