Fools and Jesters at the English CourtSouthworth presents a reign-by-reign chronicle of the English court fool from his origins in Europe and Ireland to the court of James I. |
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Contents
King and Fool | 1 |
The Elusive Dwarfs | 10 |
Warrior Fools | 17 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Fools and Jesters at the English Court |
| Author | John Southworth |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Sutton, 1998 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | Aug 12, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0750917733, 9780750917735 |
| Length | 216 pages |
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