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Uses examples such as Will Sommers of sixteenth-century England and Querno of sixteenth-century Italy to explain how jesters entertained courts, offered witty counsel, and sometimes supported healing through laughter. Frames the subject through a modern museum encounter that connects historical comedy with human nature and frailty.","# TheKING'S\n\nWords and pictures by DANA FRADON  \n$14.99  \nT  \nhe comedians of years gone bywere fools—not stupid,foolish people,but clever,witty men and womenwho entertained the nobility to earna living.Fools were the constantcompanions of their masters andmistresses,diverting them with jokesand pranks and often giving wisecounsel or even healing them withlaughter.  \nNew Yorker cartoonist Dana Fradon,creator of Sir Dana:A Knight andHarold the Herald,brings his specialblend of fact and fun to a subjectdear to his humorist's heart.FromFrambert,a fanciful fool,readers willlearn not only about real fools andtheir relationship to modern comedy(some one-liners are a thousand yearsold),but also about the nature ofmedieval life and about human natureas well.For who better to point outour frailties and foibles than a fool?  \nSTA0FVEMNONTDEPARTMENT0F LUBRARIESREGIALLBRARYRD 200X 24ST.JOHNSBURY,YT05819  \nThe  \nKING'S  \n\"If you wish to look at a fool you have not far to go.You have only to look in a mirror.”—Seneca,Roman philosopher in the first century  \nWords and pictures by DANA FRADON  \nCopyright ◎1993 by Dana Fradon  \nAll rights reserved.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nFradon,Dana.  \nThe king's fool:a book about medieval and renaissance fools/words and pictures by Dana Fradon.—1st ed.  \np.cm.  \nSummary:Examines the role of fools or jesters in medieval andrenaissance society and describes such individuals as WillSommersof sixteenth-century England and Querno of sixteenth-century Italy.ISBN 0-525-45074-2  \n1.Fools and jesters-Juvenile literature.2.Renaissance一Juvenile literature.[1.Fools and jesters.]I.Title.GT3670.F731993  \n792.7'028'0940902-dc20  \n92-43836 CIP AC  \nPublished in the United States 1993 byDutton Children's Books,a division of Penguin Books USA Inc.375 Hudson Street,New York,New York 10014  \nDesigned by Barbara Powderly  \nPrinted in Hong Kong First edition  \nWhen you come to a colored dot in the text,find thesame-colored dot below for a little more information.  \nn the medieval room of a great museum,Miss Quincy and her class are lookingat some small statues.The statues are of five men and one woman whose job itwas to make people laugh.They were the comedians and humorists of ages past.They performed hundreds of years ago.People called them various names:fools,jesters,jokers,and buffoons.  \nThe guard assures them that if you press the right button,anything can happen.TV sets and VCRs go on,lamps light up,rockets lift off..And Frambert?Press theright button and he becomes almost human.  \n工THINKTHIS CUFFBUTTON ISFRAMBERT'S.PROBABLYPEEKING AROUNDTHE CORNEREVEN ASISPEAK.","cbCaiv4fAwUwgOV3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiv4fAwUwgOV3","pdf",6378624,1,48,"English","en",105,"# Introduction\n## The role of fools and jesters\n## Blending fact and fun\n# Historical examples\n## England: Will Sommers\n## Italy: Querno\n# Humor, human nature, and the present","[{\"question\":\"What does the book examine about medieval and Renaissance fools?\",\"answer\":\"It examines the role of fools or jesters in medieval and Renaissance society, including how they entertained nobility and influenced court life.\"},{\"question\":\"Which historical figures are highlighted in the summary?\",\"answer\":\"Will Sommers of sixteenth-century England and Querno of sixteenth-century Italy are specifically described as examples of such fools.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Dana Fradon connect the subject to modern comedy and human nature?\",\"answer\":\"The book combines fact and fun, showing how humor from the past relates to modern one-liners and to enduring human frailties and foibles.\"}]","The King's Fool - 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