What was a jester's class in the Medieval times?

Question

It's for a report so please help.

Answer 1

I don't know, but it is interesting. The Jester was not nobility because nobody of nobility would consent to the role. The Jester was not of the peasantry because he had access to the King. He was not generally considered an advisor, but he was privy to "state" secrets. He was not a knight because 1) he didn't fight with steel and 2) he didn't have lands of his own (I believe he was forbidden lands).

In many cases, the Jester was considered the property of the King and served at the King's pleasure which would put him as a slave, however a well informed slave.  In certain novels, a Jester is used to deliver discrete messages to specific individuals or as a spy for the King against various nobles staying in the castle. I don't know if these novels are factual or not, but it would not surprise me if they were.

Answer 2

Jokes 101

Juggling for fun and Profit

You, too, can do a Cartwheel

Raunchy Cartoon Drawing

Acting, Imitating, Mimicry and general fun-poking at the expense of others.

Charades behind the Cardinal's back

Playing cards with a bored King

How to lose at Dice throwing every time.

The Fine Art of tripping Courtiers as they leave the room.

Elective:  Learn a foreign language and conceal that fact from all about you.

Answer 3

The position of the court jester was actually very complicated. On the surface, a jester might be taken as a mere buffoon, but he also had to walk a fine line in the court, as he had no official place in the ranks of the court. This allowed court jesters to be more free with their opinions, since their words could be considered jokes, but they had to be careful about overstepping their boundaries, as a court jester who went too far could be punished by the monarch.

In some cases, people who were disabled took up a position as court jester. The mentally disabled might find a place in medieval society by capering and frolicking at court, thereby relieving their families of a significant burden. Other court jesters were trained musicians, actors, or artists, and some of them even became trusted and valued confidants in the court.

Many court jesters were extremely intelligent and sensitive to the political and social trends of their eras. Their skilled entertainments might have included clever or subtle gibes at the enemies of the king, along with commentary on general problems in society. A court jester could also purely entertain, of course, with acrobatics, music, silly songs, and many jesters or buffoons did just that during periods of uncertainty and fear.

All royal courts in those days employed entertainers and most had professional fools of various types. Entertainment included music, juggling, clowning, and the telling of riddles. Jesters may have been regarded as a mere chattel but in most noble homes, he was well cared for, had a place at the family dinner table and was free to take part in the conversation.

Answer 4

The jester was a symbolic twin of the king. All jesters and fools in those days were thought of as special cases whom God had touched with a childlike madness—a gift, or perhaps a curse. Mentally handicapped people sometimes found employment by capering and behaving in an amusing way. In the harsh world of medieval Europe, people who might not be able to survive any other way thus found a social niche.

All royal courts employed entertainers and most had professional fools of various types. Entertainment included music, juggling, clowning, and the telling of riddles. Henry VIII of England employed a jester named Will Somers.

During the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I of England, William Shakespeare wrote his plays and performed with his theatre company the Lord Chamberlain's Men (later called the King's Men). Clowns and jesters were often featured in Shakespeare's plays, and the company's expert on jesting was Robert Armin, author of the book Fooled upon Foole. In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Feste the jester is described as "wise enough to play the fool." Indeed, to be successful in the job of King's Fool the holder had to be anything but a fool in the modern meaning of the word.

Answer 5

The JesterIn medieval times...he was the professional merrymaker ...he was the court fool. So...shall we go back to the 1940's...when our Jester was created by the ...

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Answer 6

LOL!  Charades behind the Cardinal's back!  Now, that is a class I would love to enroll in!