Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor Turner
In the mystery cycles of York and Towneley, Jesus Christ is compared to a jester or a (wise) fool by his opponents, something which is not so surprising if one takes into account the place given to the fool in medieval society. Indeed, despite his “wisdom” and because of his traditional lack of rega...
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| description | In the mystery cycles of York and Towneley, Jesus Christ is compared to a jester or a (wise) fool by his opponents, something which is not so surprising if one takes into account the place given to the fool in medieval society. Indeed, despite his “wisdom” and because of his traditional lack of regard for his own person or status, the wise fool was the regular target of the same sort of abuse that the professional jester incurred, for it was the price they both had to pay for the special type of freedom they were awarded. The humiliations that Christ is subjected to in Christ Before Herod and The Buffeting, which his tormentors use to ridicule him, are evidence of their own folly and a testament to their victim’s fortitude. They exhibit the liminal qualities described by Turner in his analysis of the ritual process. And they are also a reminder of the truly abject condition of the professional fool. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8a160034b2f40c384220b7cab52d4172024-02-13T13:59:54ZfraCentre de Recherches HistoriquesL'Atelier du CRH1760-7914610.4000/acrh.2005Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor TurnerTatjana SilecIn the mystery cycles of York and Towneley, Jesus Christ is compared to a jester or a (wise) fool by his opponents, something which is not so surprising if one takes into account the place given to the fool in medieval society. Indeed, despite his “wisdom” and because of his traditional lack of regard for his own person or status, the wise fool was the regular target of the same sort of abuse that the professional jester incurred, for it was the price they both had to pay for the special type of freedom they were awarded. The humiliations that Christ is subjected to in Christ Before Herod and The Buffeting, which his tormentors use to ridicule him, are evidence of their own folly and a testament to their victim’s fortitude. They exhibit the liminal qualities described by Turner in his analysis of the ritual process. And they are also a reminder of the truly abject condition of the professional fool.https://journals.openedition.org/acrh/2005English mystery cyclestheologyJesus Christfool for Christ's sakejesterTurner (Victor) |
| spellingShingle | Tatjana Silec Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor Turner L'Atelier du CRH English mystery cycles theology Jesus Christ fool for Christ's sake jester Turner (Victor) |
| title | Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor Turner |
| title_full | Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor Turner |
| title_fullStr | Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor Turner |
| title_full_unstemmed | Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor Turner |
| title_short | Le personnage du Christ dans les Mystères anglais : une analyse d'après les travaux de Victor Turner |
| title_sort | le personnage du christ dans les mysteres anglais une analyse d apres les travaux de victor turner |
| topic | English mystery cycles theology Jesus Christ fool for Christ's sake jester Turner (Victor) |
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