Triboulet ( fl. 1447–1479) [1] was a jester and comedy playwright for René of Anjou. There have been at least three Triboulets, as homonymy was widespread among French court jesters. [2] The Triboulet for René of Anjou was the first one. The name, equivalent to modern French phrase souffre-douleur ("punchbag"), comes from the archaic French verb tribouler. [3]
Triboulet's biography was summarized by Maurice Lever . [4] Medievalist Bruno Roy , confirmed the intuitions of Gustave Cohen and Eugénie Droz, studying the jester-playwright in his articles [1] [5] [6] and book. [7] A bilingual edition of the works by Triboulet was published by Thierry Martin . [8]
Having microcephaly and dwarfism, Triboulet was predisposed to novelty entertainment. In the beginning at the court, he had a character playing as a governor named Jacquet and another named Nicolas de Haultet. Throughout his career, he would have two servants: his wife La Triboulette and her mother, who both lived in the court. [1]
Triboulet led a theatrical troupe and was a praised author of farces and sotties. He composed several comic pieces, five of which were preserved: the sotties Roi des Sots ( c. 1454), La Farce de maître Pathelin ( c. 1457 [9] [a]), Vigiles Triboulet ( c. 1458), Copieurs et lardeurs ( c. 1461), and Sots qui corrigent le magnificat ( c. 1462). At the end of his career, he wrote Débat de Triboulet et de la Mort ( c. 1480).
René of Anjou rewarded himself by dressing up as a king, marrying him with the greatest pomp on 30 August 1452, and having his medal engraved in 1461. [1] Charles gifted Triboulet a magnificent mare. [1]
The sottie Vigiles Triboulet describes the overall language of a work composed by Villon, titled Oncques maistre Françoys Villon / Ne composa si bon jargon. This implies that the two authors could have met at the Anjou court in 1457,[ original research?] but the date of this sottie is controversial [10] The exact date and author of the Stockholm manuscript jargon ballads is uncertain. [11]
Triboulet ( fl. 1447–1479) [1] was a jester and comedy playwright for René of Anjou. There have been at least three Triboulets, as homonymy was widespread among French court jesters. [2] The Triboulet for René of Anjou was the first one. The name, equivalent to modern French phrase souffre-douleur ("punchbag"), comes from the archaic French verb tribouler. [3]
Triboulet's biography was summarized by Maurice Lever . [4] Medievalist Bruno Roy , confirmed the intuitions of Gustave Cohen and Eugénie Droz, studying the jester-playwright in his articles [1] [5] [6] and book. [7] A bilingual edition of the works by Triboulet was published by Thierry Martin . [8]
Having microcephaly and dwarfism, Triboulet was predisposed to novelty entertainment. In the beginning at the court, he had a character playing as a governor named Jacquet and another named Nicolas de Haultet. Throughout his career, he would have two servants: his wife La Triboulette and her mother, who both lived in the court. [1]
Triboulet led a theatrical troupe and was a praised author of farces and sotties. He composed several comic pieces, five of which were preserved: the sotties Roi des Sots ( c. 1454), La Farce de maître Pathelin ( c. 1457 [9] [a]), Vigiles Triboulet ( c. 1458), Copieurs et lardeurs ( c. 1461), and Sots qui corrigent le magnificat ( c. 1462). At the end of his career, he wrote Débat de Triboulet et de la Mort ( c. 1480).
René of Anjou rewarded himself by dressing up as a king, marrying him with the greatest pomp on 30 August 1452, and having his medal engraved in 1461. [1] Charles gifted Triboulet a magnificent mare. [1]
The sottie Vigiles Triboulet describes the overall language of a work composed by Villon, titled Oncques maistre Françoys Villon / Ne composa si bon jargon. This implies that the two authors could have met at the Anjou court in 1457,[ original research?] but the date of this sottie is controversial [10] The exact date and author of the Stockholm manuscript jargon ballads is uncertain. [11]