(Im)politic Jesting in its Time and Place

Richard Hillman (1)

1 CESR - Centre d'études supérieures de la Renaissance UMR 7323

This paper proposes that the recorded discourses surrounding 'Chicot', the Court-fool of Henri III of France, help to supply gaps in our understanding of some highly political behaviour associated with English fools of the period, literary and otherwise.

Propose que les discours autour de 'Chicot', le bouffon d'Henri III de France, nous aident a comprendre les comportements politiquement connotés de certains fous anglais, dont des personnages littéraires et réels.

Mots clés: bouffon; fou; le roi Lear; politique; Fool; Chicot; Henri III; Archie Armstrong; King Lear; Shakespeare; politics

Domaines: Littératures

Richard Hillman. (Im)politic Jesting in its Time and Place: Representations of 'Chicot', Court-fool of Henri III of France. Controversy, Protest, Ridicule, Laughter, 1500-1750, Jul 2010, Reading, United Kingdom. ⟨halshs-00718863⟩