Laughing Matters : : Farce and the Making of Absolutism in France / / Sara Beam.
Bawdy satirical plays—many starring law clerks and seminarians—savaged corrupt officials and royal policies in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century France. The Church and the royal court tolerated—and even commissioned—such performances, the audiences for which included men and women from every social c...
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Beam, Sara, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Laughing Matters : Farce and the Making of Absolutism in France / Sara Beam. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018] ©2007 1 online resource (280 p.) : 8 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Farce, Honor, and the Bounds of Satire -- 2. The Politics of Farcical Performance in Renaissance France -- 3. The Growing Cost of Laughter: Basoche and Student Performance -- 4. Farce during the Wars of Religion -- 5. Professional Farceurs in Paris, I6oo-163o -- 6. Absolutism and the Marginalization of Festive Societies -- 7. Jesuit Theater: Christian Civility and Absolutism on the Civic Stage -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Bawdy satirical plays—many starring law clerks and seminarians—savaged corrupt officials and royal policies in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century France. The Church and the royal court tolerated—and even commissioned—such performances, the audiences for which included men and women from every social class. From the mid-sixteenth century, however, local authorities began to temper and in some cases ban such performances. Sara Beam, in revealing how theater and politics were intimately intertwined, shows how the topics we joke about in public reflect and shape larger religious and political developments.For Beam, the eclipse of the vital tradition of satirical farce in late medieval and early modern France is a key aspect of the complex political and cultural factors that prepared the way for the emergence of the absolutist state. In her view, the Wars of Religion were the major reason attitudes toward the farceurs changed; local officials feared that satirical theater would stir up violence, and Counter-Reformation Catholicism proved hostile to the bawdiness that the clergy had earlier tolerated. In demonstrating that the efforts of provincial urban officials prepared the way for the taming of popular culture throughout France, Laughing Matters provides a compelling alternative to Norbert Elias's influential notion of the "civilizing process," which assigns to the royal court at Versailles the decisive role in the shift toward absolutism. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) French drama 16th century History and criticism. French drama 17th century History and criticism. French farces History and criticism. Theater Political aspects France History 16th century. Medieval & Renaissance Studies. Performing Arts & Drama. HISTORY / Europe / France. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501732379 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501732379 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501732379/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Farce, Honor, and the Bounds of Satire -- 2. The Politics of Farcical Performance in Renaissance France -- 3. The Growing Cost of Laughter: Basoche and Student Performance -- 4. Farce during the Wars of Religion -- 5. Professional Farceurs in Paris, I6oo-163o -- 6. Absolutism and the Marginalization of Festive Societies -- 7. Jesuit Theater: Christian Civility and Absolutism on the Civic Stage -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Farce, Honor, and the Bounds of Satire -- 2. The Politics of Farcical Performance in Renaissance France -- 3. The Growing Cost of Laughter: Basoche and Student Performance -- 4. Farce during the Wars of Religion -- 5. Professional Farceurs in Paris, I6oo-163o -- 6. Absolutism and the Marginalization of Festive Societies -- 7. Jesuit Theater: Christian Civility and Absolutism on the Civic Stage -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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