Was it to attend important trial proceedings and dance a jig to make everyone laugh?
2006-07-31 15:42:01 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
And please describe their typical uniform.
2006-07-31 15:42:28 · update #1
A jester or fool is a specific type of clown mostly associated with the Middle Ages. Jesters typically wore brightly colored clothing in a motley pattern. Their hats, sometimes called the "cap' n 'bells", "cockscomb" (obsolete coxcomb), or "Schellenmütze" in German were especially distinctive; made of cloth, they were floppy with three points (liliripes) each of which had a jingle bell at the end. The three points of the hat represent the asses' ears and tail worn by jesters in earlier times. Other things distinctive about the jester were his incessant laughter and his mock scepter, known as a bauble or marotte.
2006-07-31 15:45:49 · answer #1 · answered by nastaany1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The court jester was a person who dressed in brightly colored costumes with matching hats with bells sewn on and would dance and sing to entertain the Royal Court, in other words the King and Queen.
2006-07-31 15:48:32 · answer #2 · answered by Sue F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definition: a clown or buffoon who is employed by a noble or royal for entertainment; also called fool
Example: The court jester typically wears a three-pointed hat with jingle bells attached.
2006-07-31 15:47:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The court isn't actually a legal court. Court in that time meant the arena or area the king was at or his palace.
The jester was created to entertain and amuse the kind as well as to make him happy and release stress.
Penny Babson
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2006-07-31 15:47:30 · answer #4 · answered by officeofimpressions 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Court meant "royal" court not legal. They were supposed to entertain the king and his royal court. You know, like TV without the box.
2006-07-31 15:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by nu_shashita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To advise the king on difficult matters without getting his head cut off when he told the truth
2015-01-19 02:14:27 · answer #6 · answered by Julio 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They where there to be like a DJ they would make people laugh. Bells on boots and hats usually.
2006-07-31 15:45:50 · answer #7 · answered by animalmother 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To amuse the king. They had many different types of clothes all meant to be funny.
2006-07-31 15:44:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To keep Saddam awake.
2006-07-31 15:45:03 · answer #9 · answered by Milan J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋