Fool's literature

Fool's literature was a literary tradition in medieval Europe in which the stock character of a fool was used as an allegory to satirize the contemporary society.[1]

Notable examples
  • Der Ring (1410, The Ring), a satirical poem by Heinrich Wittenwiler
  • Daß Narrenschyff ad Narragoniam (1494; Ship of Fools), a poem by the German satirist Sebastian Brant
  • Moriae Encomium, sive Stultitiae Laus (1509, The Praise of Folly), by Erasmus of Rotterdam
  • Narrenbeschwörung (1512; Exorcism of Fools), Die Schelmenzunft (1512); Die Gäuchmatt (1519, Fools' Meadow), Die Mühle von Schwindelsheim und Gretmüllerin Jahrzeit by Thomas Murner
gollark: Alum(in)+um.
gollark: Political opinions can only be accurately captured using my 10-dimensional hypercube model.
gollark: Do you prefer people who are politically opposite to your, or moderates, then?
gollark: I too like some authors.
gollark: Degrees rankine, that is, the superior unit.

See also

References
  1. "Fool's literature", Encyclopædia Britannica


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