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Lions pondering parables, scribes joking about beer, and bawdy French tales—Medieval Humour reveals how laughter thrived in the Middle Ages.

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Medieval Humour: Expressions, Receptions and Functions – Medieval History Medieval Humour explores laughter in manuscripts, tales, and art—revealing the witty, playful, and surprising side of medieval life and culture.

"Medieval Humour: Expressions, Receptions, and Functions" just got a warm review at HistoryMedieval!
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The Middle Ages Had a Sense of Humour

From sacred manuscripts to monastic life, humour shaped medieval culture. Laughter wasn’t rare—it was everywhere. Discover how jokes reveal a more human past.

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God Owes Me Thirty Shillings The Court Jester · Episode

Heaven doesn’t pay its debts. A medieval fabliau proves it.

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📖 Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 101, fol. 191v. ca. 1230-1260

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A sly minstrel tries to ruin a clueless groom’s wedding night…but he didn’t account for the bride.
By dawn, the prankster’s bed, clothes and dignity are buried under an avalanche of medieval payback.

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Talking about my usual smutty medieval images at @prayticipate.bsky.social in @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and feeling like a rockstar.

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What happens when Arthurian romance meets comic exaggeration and a hero who throws punches AND punchlines?

Margaret Anne Purbrick explores the performative energy and humour of Jaufre in "Medieval Humour". Available via Trivent Publishing and JSTOR.
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Excuse me while i kill the joke Much like a frog, dissecting humour will destroy it. Or will it?

What makes something funny?
What used to make people laugh?
What still does, and what doesn’t anymore?

This month’s blog post dives into humour theories.
If you’ve ever wondered “Was I supposed to laugh at that?”, this one’s for you.

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Some bunnies bring baskets. Others bring reckoning.

@bis-sorbonne.bsky.social, Ms. 121, f. 023.

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New post on Patreon!

Meet Triboulet, the lavishly dressed, brilliantly witty jester—and so iconic that other jesters took his name.
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F. Laurana, Portrait medal of Triboulet. 1460. @labnf.bsky.social

Medieval Get-Ready-With-Me (as heard on the latest episode of The Court Jester)

Luttrell Psalter, c. 1320-1340. @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 42130, f. 63r.

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Unruly Bodies and Subversive Laughs: Why I Started The Court Jester - Medievalists.net I started The Court Jester to share the stories I kept stumbling upon in manuscripts: tales so absurd and outrageous that they made me laugh out loud in libraries.

✨ I wrote for @medievalists.bsky.social !
The story of how fart jokes, rude fabliaux & horny monks inspired The Court Jester.
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Les .iii. meschines/The three girls The Court Jester · Episode

This week on The Court Jester, we're going for a medieval Get Ready With Me.
Come for the beauty tips, stay for the fart jokes.

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Diagnosis required a full-bodied sniff and a confident sip.
When your doctor’s tasting urine, it’s no wonder he ends up the butt of medieval jokes.
Lancelot en Prose, Yale, Beinecke MS 229, f. 154v.

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This man is...berry excited.
I'll see myself out.🚪

La Fleur des histoires de Jean Mansel, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-5087 réserve, fol. 83v

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