LEADER 04142nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910813193503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-107-12523-5 010 $a0-521-13365-3 010 $a0-511-15768-1 010 $a0-511-49632-X 010 $a0-511-12023-0 010 $a0-511-32979-2 010 $a1-280-15959-6 010 $a0-511-04510-7 035 $a(CKB)111082128285914 035 $a(EBL)202231 035 $a(OCoLC)52568957 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000175251 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11172173 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175251 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10189528 035 $a(PQKB)11050315 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511496325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC202231 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL202231 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10021340 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL15959 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111082128285914 100 $a20011105d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aHumour, history and politics in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages /$fedited by Guy Halsall 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 208 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aMost of the papers were first presented in a series of sessions at the fifth International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, 1998. 311 $a0-521-81116-3 311 $a0-511-02045-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t"Don't worry, I've got the key" /$rGuy Halsall --$tLaughter and humour in the early Medieval Latin West /$rDanuta Shanzer --$tHumour and the everyday in Byzantium /$rJohn Haldon --$tThe lexicon of abuse, drunkenness and political illegitimacy in the late Roman world /$rMark Humphries --$tFunny foreigners, laughing with the barbarians in Late Antiquity /$rGuy Halsall --$tLiutprand of Cremona's sense of humour /$rRoss Balzaretti --$t"He never even allowed his white teeth to be bared in laughter" : the politics of humour in the Carolingian Renaissance /$rMatthew Innes --$tAlcuin's Disputatio Pippini and the early Medieval riddle tradition /$rMartha Bayless --$tLaughter after Babel's fall : misunderstandling and miscommunication in the ninth-century West /$rPaul Kershaw. 330 $aAlthough the topic of humour has been dealt with for other eras, early medieval humour remains largely neglected. These essays go some way towards filling the gap, examining how early medieval writers deliberately employed humour to make their cases. The essays range from the late Roman empire through to the tenth century, and from Byzantium to Anglo-Saxon England. The subject matter is diverse, but a number of themes link them together, notably the use of irony, ridicule and satire as political tools. Two chapters serve as an extended introduction to the topic, while the following six chapters offer varied treatments of humour and politics, looking at different times and places, but at the Carolingian world in particular. Together, they raise important and original issues about how humour was employed to articulate concepts of political power, perceptions of kingship, social relations and the role of particular texts. 606 $aCivilization, Medieval$vHumor 606 $aClassical wit and humor 606 $aLaughter in literature 606 $aAliens in literature 607 $aEurope$xHistory$y476-1492 607 $aEurope$xSocial conditions$yTo 1492 615 0$aCivilization, Medieval 615 0$aClassical wit and humor. 615 0$aLaughter in literature. 615 0$aAliens in literature. 676 $a306.4/81 701 $aHalsall$b Guy$0472977 712 12$aInternational Medieval Congress$d(5th :$f1998 :$eUniversity of Leeds) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813193503321 996 $aHumour, history and politics in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages$94200921 997 $aUNINA