A rare manuscript detailing comedy shows and drinking songs from the 15th century revealed what medieval audiences found funny more than 500 years ago.
People dressed with Medieval garbs wait to see a reenactment of a tournament of knights fight, in Agincourt, northern France, Saturday, July 25, 2015. A rare manuscript from the 15th century offers a glimpse into how minstrels entertained their audiences and that no matter a person's social standing at the time, no one was safe from being the butt of a joke.
“Heege gives us the rarest glimpse of a medieval world rich in oral storytelling and popular entertainments,” Wade said in a A nonsensical verse called The Battle of Brankonwet talks about Robin Hood, jousting bears, battling bees, and partying pigs. The poem includes references to real-life villages at the time so the audience could imagine strange occurrences in their region.
“The images are bizarre but the minstrel must have known people would get this red herring reference," Wade said. "Kings are reduced to mere distractions. What are kings good for? Gluttony. And what is the result of gluttony? Absurd pageantry creating distractions, ‘red herrings.’”
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