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The Feast of Fools is the name given to popular medieval festivals regularly celebrated by the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic Church from the 5th century to the 16th century in several countries of Europe. The feast of fools was an imitation of the Roman Saturnalia, and, like that festival, was also celebrated in December. The young people, who played the chief parts, chose from among their own number a mock pope, archbishop, bishop, or abbot. Participants would then "consecrate" him with many ridiculous ceremonies in the chief church of the place, giving names such as Archbishop of Dolts, Abbot of Unreason, Boy Bishop, or Pope of Fools. The ceremonies were often travesties mocking the performance of the highest offices of the church, while other persons, dressed in different kinds of masks and disguises, engaged in indecent songs and dances and practiced all possible follies within the church building.

Except for the association with Saturnalia, little is known about the origin of these extravagances. which appear to have been very ancient. The festivals were most common in France, but were also observed in SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc, GermanyThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England, and ScotlandScotland or in Scottish Gaelic, Alba is a country and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom. Scotland occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Scotland took part in a p. The Council of BaselA decree of the Council of Constance ( 9 October 1417), sanctioned by Pope Martin V obliged the papacy to summon general councils periodically. At the expiration of the first term fixed by this decree, Martin V did, in fact, call together at Pavia a counc in 1431Events February 21 The trial of Joan of Arc March 3 Eugenius IV becomes Pope May 30 In Rouen, France, 19-year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. Foundation of University of Poitiers Births January 1 Pope Alexander VI November/ December Vlad III Dracu imposed prohibitions, yet the feasts survived in France until 1644Events February to August Explorer Abel Tasman's second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. April A popular Chinese rebellion led by Li Zicheng sacks Beijing, prompting Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dyn.

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