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Fooling Around the World: The History of the Jester (4195 words) |
 | Perhaps because the European court jesters were so inextricably linked with the tradition of folly that straddled the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, their time was relatively short-lived, and they died out more or less as the fashion for folly faded. |
| The court jester is universal not merely in having been at home in such diverse cultures and eras, but also in taking his pick from the same ragbag of traits and talents no matter when or where he occurs. |
| Jesters are also generally of inferior social and political status and are rarely in a position (and rarely inclined) to pose a power threat. |
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Court jester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1802 words) |
| A jester or fool is a specific type of clown mostly associated with the Middle Ages. |
| Tonga was the first Royal Court to appoint a Court Jester in modern times, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, the King of Tonga, appointing JD Bogdanoff to the role in 1999. |
| Jester is the callsign of Michael Ironside's character Lt. Cmdr. |
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