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A jester, also known as joker, court jester, or fool, was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during royal court.Jesters were also traveling performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events.
The Funny Man, a demonic jester from the British comedy horror film, Funny Man, with a varied and imaginative repertoire of homicidal techniques and an irreverent sense of humour. Jester, Court jester of King Cradock in the TV series Jane and the Dragon. Jester, the Harlequin puppet in the Puppet Master films; Kyoami, in Akira Kurosawa's film Ran
A jester with a cap and bells. The cap and bells is a type of fool's cap with bells worn by a court fool or jester. [1] The bells were also added to the dangling sleeves and announced the appearance of the jester. [2] [3]
Henry the Eighth and His Family (1545) – the man at the far right is the jester Will Somers, and it has been suggested that the woman at the far left is the jester Jane Foole. Sommers is believed to be portrayed in a painting of Henry VIII and family at the Palace of Whitehall. It was completed around 1544–45 by an unknown artist.
Jane was a well-liked jester at the court of Catherine Parr, where she is mentioned by name as "Jane Foole" in 1543. [2] Catherine Parr bought her a red petticoat, gowns, and kirtles. [ 7 ] She may have been depicted in the painting of Henry the Eighth and His Family (1545), in which the man on the far right is identified as her colleague ...
Jester of Columbia or Jester, a humor magazine Simon Jester, in Robert Heinlein's novel The Moon is a Harsh Mistress an alias of the sentient computer Mike Television series
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...
The jester is said to have replied that "it is a greater folly to let out a bear that was already in a cage". This remark is often interpreted as an allusion to the king's policy toward Prussia which was defeated by Poland but not fully incorporated into the Crown.