17th century, court accounts, England, English, Europe, historical figure, primary source, quotes, Stuart
In Europe, court account books are a mine of information concerning payments, in cash and kind, made to jesters. This gives us some insight into the extent to which they could be cared for, if not downright cossetted, and some indication of their clothing, which was...
15th century, 16th century, 17th century, bibliography, England, Europe, historical figure, research, Scotland, Stuart, thesis
This thesis makes a strong contribution to our understanding of several aspects of the fool, building on earlier work by Jessica Secmezsoy-Urquhart and covering the period 1488-1649. Geographically, it zooms in on the Stuart (Stewart) court’s relationship with...
17th century, England, English, Europe, historical figure, primary source, quotes, stories
One class of stories about jesters concerns their capacity to make the king concentrate on doing his job rather than being distracted by perhaps more pleasurable activities. Thomas (Tom) Killigrew (1612-83) was a courtier-jester, as well as being a theatre manager...
