Abstract
Prologue: A Letter from ParisPart I. Before the Feast of Fools 1. The Kalends of January 2. The Holy City of Byzantium 3. Roman Games 4. Herod in Germany 5. Tossing a Ball in a French CathedralPart II. Shaping the Feast of Fools 6. The Feast of the Subdeacons 7. The Feast of the Ass 8. The Complaints of Innocent III 9. The Office of the Circumcision 10. The Plays of Daniel and JosephPart III. Supporting the Feast of Fools 11. Chapter Support 12. Rumors of Disorder 13. A Spirited Defense 14. Youth Groups, Coal Dust, and Cow Dung 15. Outside FrancePart IV. Suppressing the Feast of Fools 16. Jean Gerson and the Auxerre Affair 17. Trouble in St.-Omer and Noyon 18. Troyes, Sens, and the Council of Basel 19. Rereading the Letter from Paris 20. A Durable FeastPart V. Beyond the Feast of Fools 21. Festive Societies 22. Innocents and Fools 23. King of the Breeches 24. Our Lady of the Trellis 25. Mother FoolEpilogue: Orange Peel in AntibesBibliography Index -- Cornell University Press
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