
English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance from the late medieval period through to the seventeenth century, only to have it stripped from them, sometimes violently, at the close of the Renaissance, when the license' of fooling was revoked. This survey...

A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence. From the late-medieval period through to the seventeenth century, English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance, only...