Humour, History and Politics: in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
Guy Halsall
Notes on contributors Preface List of abbreviations Introduction: 'Don't worry, I've got the key' Guy Halsall Part I. The Fate Humorous Writing: 1. Laughter and humour in early medieval Latin west Danuta Schanzer 2. Humour everyday Byzantium John Haldon II. Politics Difference: 3. lexicon abuse: drunkenness political illegitimacy late Roman world Mark Humphries 4. Funny foreigners: laughing with barbarians Antiquity 5. Liutprand Cremona's sense Ross Balzaretti III. Humour, History Carolingian World: 6. 'He never even allowed his white teeth to be bared laughter': politics renaissance Matthew Innes 7. Alcuin's Disputatio Pippini riddle tradition Martha Bayless 8. after Babel's fall: misunderstanding miscommunication ninth-century Paul Kershaw Index.