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Spectacle > Festivals > Feast of fools

Preferred term

Feast of fools  

Definition

  • Medieval burlesque festival, usually on the feast of the Circumcision (January 1), a prominent feature being mummeries, such as a burlesque of the high mass by the lower clergy [Web III, alt.]

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • ALL FOOLS' DAY
  • FOOLS, FEAST OF
  • NARRENFEST

Notation

  • 112288

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-V4P72K83-K

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