Four Fools in the Age of Reason: Laughter, Cruelty, and Power in Early Modern Germany

(Part of the Studies in Early Modern German History Series)

by Dorinda Outram

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Unveiling the nearly lost world of the court fools of eighteenth-century Germany, Dorinda Outram shows that laughter was an essential instrument of power. Whether jovial or cruel, mirth altered social and political relations.

Outram takes us first to the court of Frederick William I of Prussia, who emerges not only as an administrative reformer and notorious militarist but also as a "master of fools," a ruler who used fools to prop up his...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0813942012

ISBN13:9780813942018

Release Date:April 2019

Publisher:University of Virginia Press

Length:184 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 9.1" x 9.3"

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Four Fools in the Age of Reason: Laughter, Cruelty, and Power in Early Modern Germany

(Part of the Studies in Early Modern German History Series)

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