Feast of Fools

Feast of Fools

Feast of Fools burlesque religious festival of the Middle Ages. It occurred during the Christmas and New Year's revels, on or near New Year's Day. In many places a Lord of Misrule ruled over the revels. In France and England the ceremonies were under the charge of the Boy-Bishop, a young man fitted out as a high clergyman. During the feast, lower clergymen and minor officials parodied the sacred rites and customs of the Church. A similar burlesque, the Feast of the Ass, celebrating the donkey on which Mary and the Child Jesus rode, was widespread in France. Such burlesques were generally put down by the 15th cent.

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Fools, Feast of. A mock religious festival widely celebrated in the Middle Ages on or about 1 Jan., especially in France.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Fools, Feast of." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Feast of Fools (New Year Christian medieval festival): see HOLY FOOLS.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Feast of Fools." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Fools, Feast of, see FEAST OF FOOLS.

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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Fools, Feast of." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Fools, Feast of." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-FoolsFeastof.html

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