It feels like way too long ago since I started planning a book on Medieval Humour, and it probably was: a global pandemic, conference cancellations and life disturbances of all sorts caused delay upon delay, every part of the process took way longer than expected, but the moment is finally here.
Medieval Humour: Expressions, Receptions and Functions, edited by yours truly, has been published by Trivent Publishing.
I am excited and still quite incredulous, but I hope holding the book in my hands will make it easier to believe that the project is finally complete. I cannot thank enough the contributors for their patience and understanding for such a long time.
Here is the table of contents for your perusal:
Introduction
CHAPTER 1
Fun and Games in the Gospels: Medieval Emojis and Humour in The Book of Kells, Donncha MacGabhann
CHAPTER 2
Bernard of Clairvaux, Killjoy? Humourlessness in Medieval Monasteries, Peter Jones
CHAPTER 3
Medieval Nonsense Humour in Scribal Additions, Lucie Doležalová
CHAPTER 4
Carnivalesque Magic in Late-Medieval English and Scottish Comic Tales: “I have dauncid in the devillis name”, Mark Truesdale
CHAPTER 5
A Fresh Perspective on the Humour in “Jaufre”: Oral Delivery, and Audience Responses, Margaret Anne Purbrick
CHAPTER 6
Visual Humour in the Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, Kleio Pethainou
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