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Four fools in the age of reason : laughter, cruelty, and power in early modern Germany /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Outram, Dorinda (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Series:Studies in early modern German history.
Subjects:
Gundling, Jacob Paul, > Freiherr von, > 1673-1731.
Morgenstern, Salomon Jakob, > 1706-1785.
Fröhlich, Joseph, > 1694-1757.
Prosch, Peter, > 1744-1804.
Fools and jesters > Germany > History > 18th century.
Germany > Court and courtiers > History > 18th century.
Germany > Court and courtiers > Biography.
Germany > Social life and customs > 18th century.
1700-1799
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : numerus stultorum infinitus est
  • Jacob Paul Gundling : the honor of historians and fools
  • Salomon Jacob Morgenstern : newspapers, professors, and playing the fool
  • Joseph Frohlich : of owls and other animals
  • Peter Prosch : the last court fool
  • Two deaths : the Hanswurst and the fool
  • Conclusion : the end of the journey.