Jane the Fool
When we think about Court Fools, the mind immediately associates them with jesters. We might think of capers, jokes and, eventually, physical disability. This is, however, a concept that was consolidated in Elizabethan times, and there’s a portion of Early Reinassance in which another kind of fool was mostly popular: the innocent. Today we take […]
When we think about Court Fools, the mind immediately associates them with jesters. We might think of capers, jokes and, eventually, physical disability.
This is, however, a concept that was consolidated in Elizabethan times, and there’s a portion of Early Reinassance in which another kind of fool was mostly popular: the innocent.
Today we take a look at this kind of concept, as one of the historical innocents at the Tudor court features in the flash-backs of my Gothic Novel. Those of you in the higher tier will be able to read about this character in the three-parts chapter that will be published this week on Patreon.
