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100 1 _aHarris, Max,
_d1949-
_eautore
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88155448
245 1 0 _aSacred folly :
_ba new history of the Feast of Fools /
_cMax Harris.
260 _aIthaca [N.Y.] :
_bCornell University Press,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource (x, 322 pages)
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
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338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _apt. 1. Before the Feast of Fools -- pt. 2. Shaping the Feast of Fools -- pt. 3. Supporting the Feast of Fools -- pt. 4. Suppressing the Feast of Fools -- pt. 5. Beyond the Feast of Fools.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
520 _aFor centuries, the Feast of Fools has been condemned and occasionally celebrated as a disorderly, even transgressive Christian festival, in which reveling clergy elected a burlesque Lord of Misrule, presided over the divine office wearing animal masks or women's clothes, sang obscene songs, swung censers that gave off foul-smelling smoke, played dice at the altar, and otherwise parodied the liturgy of the church. Afterward, they would take to the streets, howling, issuing mock indulgences, hurling manure at bystanders, and staging scurrilous plays. The problem with this popular account-intriguing as it may be- is that it is wrong. In Sacred Folly, Max Harris rewrites the history of the Feast of Fools, showing that it developed in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries as an elaborate and orderly liturgy for the day of the Circumcision (1 January)-serving as a dignified alternative to rowdy secular New Year festivities. The intent of the feast was not mockery but thanksgiving for the incarnation of Christ. Prescribed role reversals, in which the lower clergy presided over divine office, recalled Mary's joyous affirmation that God "has put down the mighty from their seat and exalted the humble." The "fools" represented those chosen by God for their lowly status. The feast, never widespread, was largely confined to cathedrals and collegiate churches in northern France. In the fifteenth century, high-ranking clergy who relied on rumor rather than firsthand knowledge attacked and eventually suppressed the feast. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians repeatedly misread records of the feast; their erroneous accounts formed a shaky foundation for subsequent understanding of the medieval ritual. By returning to the primary documents, Harris reconstructs a Feast of Fools that is all the more remarkable for being sanctified rather than sacrilegious.
546 _aIn English.
650 0 _aFeast of Fools
_xHistory.
650 6 _aFĂȘte des fous
_xHistoire.
650 7 _aHISTORY
_xMedieval.
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650 7 _aFeast of Fools
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655 0 _aElectronic book.
655 7 _aHistory
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHarris, Max, 1949-
_tSacred folly.
_dIthaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2011
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