Nasty Habits - Satire and the Medieval Monk

What made medieval monks laugh? Edward Coleman looks at humour, holy men and the sub-texts of comment in 12th-century England.

Edward Coleman | Published in History Today Volume 43 Issue 6 June 1993

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