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Ship of Fools - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (217 words) |
 | The ship of fools is an old allegory, which has long been used in Western culture in literature and paintings. |
| Ship of Fools (Narrenschiff), a 1494 satire by Sebastian Brant |
| Ship of Fools, a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter |
| Station Information - Ship of Fools (535 words) |
| The Ship of Fools was inspired by a frequent motif in Medieval Art and Literature, and particularly in religious satire, due to a pun on the latin "navus", which means a boat and also the Nave of a Church. |
| The Ship of Fools is also a peculiar custom of solving the local mental health problem in medieval towns by gathering the local "lunatics" and unemployables, putting them in a cart, and obliging them to "hit the road" to beg a living. |
| Ship of Fools is also the name of a UK-based Christian website, which was first launched in 1977, on April Fool's Day, no less. |
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