andreas, der tapfereJun 1, 2023

#TIL: Das Killer-Kaninchen von den Monty Phyton ist schon Jahrhunderte alt.

Siehe etwa das Heege Manuscript aus dem 15ten Jahrhundert:
"Jack Wade was never so sad / As when the hare trod on his head / In case she would have ripped out his throat."
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/bawdy-bard-act-discovered-revealing-fifteenth-century-roots-of-british-comedy

Dr Wade says: "Killer rabbit jokes have a long tradition in medieval literature. Chaucer did this a century earlier in the Canterbury Tales."

#Humor #BritischerHumor #MontyPhyton #Mittelalter #HeegeManuscript

'Bawdy bard' manuscript reveals medieval roots of British comedy

A unique record of medieval live comedy performance has been identified in a 15th-century manuscript

University of Cambridge
CheshireMay 31, 2023
‘Mad and offensive’ texts shed light on the role played by minstrels in medieval society
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/may/31/mad-and-offensive-texts-shed-light-on-the-role-played-by-minstrels-in-medieval-society?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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#JamesWade
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‘Mad and offensive’ texts shed light on the role played by minstrels in medieval society

The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real minstrel

The Guardian