Cambridge University Press 0521811163 - Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Edited by Guy Halsall Index More information Index Aachen, , Arnobius, Abelard, Peter, Arnulf, bishop of Metz, Ablabius, praetorian prefect, – Artemios, saint, miracles of, Abraham, As¯otia, personification of dissoluteness, Acta Fructuosi Tarraconensis, Athalaric, king of the Ostrogoths, – Adalberg of Magdeburg, Athaulf, king of the Visigoths, , – Adalbert, atticism, , Adelaide, Attila, king of the Huns, , –, –, Adrianople, battle of, Auerbach, Erich, Aelfric, Augustine, saint, , –, , , , , Aemilianus, persecutor, , , Aethicus Ister, Ausonius, – Agnellus of Ravenna, , –, , , Avars, – , , Avignon, Agnes, saint, , Alboin, king of the Lombards, , Baddiel, David, – Alcuin, , , , , , , –, – Bakhtin, Mikhail, , Aldhelm, –, , , Balsamon, canonist, Alexanderthe Great, , Barbarians, Alexios I, emperor, drink and, –, –, al-Jahiz, Islamic raconteur, – Graeco-Roman attitudes to, –, –, Altercatio Hadriani et Epicteti philosophi, , , –, , –, military characteristics of, , –, – Amalasuntha, queen of the Ostrogoths, , strange culinary habits of, , – Bartholomew, saint, Ambrose, saint, bishop of Milan, , – Bede, , – Ammianus Marcellinus, , , , –, riotous sense of humour of, Anastasius of Sinai, , – Belisarius, Byzantine general, – Antiochus, king, Benedict, saint, Apollinaris, see Sidonius Apollinaris Benedict of Aniane, saint, –, Apuleius, Berengar II, king of Italy, – Arabs, – Bergson, Henri, Arcadius, emperor, Bern Riddles, Aregundis, Frankish queen, Bleda, brother of Attila the Hun, Aristotle, , , Boethius, , , Arius, heresiarch, n. , Boniface, saint and riddler, –, – Armenians, Byzantine attitudes to, , bons mots, – © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521811163 - Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Edited by Guy Halsall Index More information Index Borst, Arno, decorum, concepts of, –, , , Brictius, saint, bishop of Tours, demons, , , Bridget, saint, , Deshman, Robert, Buc, Philippe, – Diaulus, doctorturnedundertaker, Burgundians, – Diocletian, emperor, , – Byzantine culture, diglossy in, , doctrinal dispute, jokes about, Byzantium, Dominic, well-endowed chaplain, – historiography of, – Domnolus, abbot of St-Lawrence, Paris, humourin, – Donatus, grammarian, Douglas, Mary, – Cambridge Songs, , Douglas, Norman, Cameron, Averil, –, , drinking, norms of, –, – Cappadocians, stupidity of, Dronke, Peter, Carthage, drunkenness, –, Cato the Elder, –, Dutton, Paul, Catullinus, senator, – Cena Cypriani, Ebbo, archbishop of Rheims, , , Charlemagne, , –, , , –, , Eco, Umberto, , –, , –, –, –, Einhard, – Charles III ‘the Fat’, emperor, , , , Eishere, psychopathic Frank, emotions, Childebert II, king of the Franks, barbarians and, –, –, –, – ChlotharI, king of the Franks, , , debate on the history of, –, –, Christ, display of, by rulers, –, , –, –, Julian’s satirical treatment of, – laughterof, , Equitius, priest, wit of, – Ermold the Black, Christopher of Mytilene, Eulalia, saint, Chrysostom, John, Eunapius of Sardis, –, Cicero, , , , , –, n. , , Eunus, Syrian grammarian, Cilicians, hot-headed nature of, Eusebius, bishop of Caesaria, – Claudius, emperor, , Eusebius, riddler (possibly = Hwaetberht of Claudius II, emperor, Jarrow), – Clovis, king of the Franks, , , – everday things, humour of, – Cogitosus, , Exeter Book, , Columbanus, saint, Comnena, Anna, Byzantine princess, , Farro, wicked counsellor, – Constantine I, emperor, , , , , – Fausta, wife of Constantine I, Constantine IX, emperor, uproarious sense of Fenni, wild tribe, humourof, , Fortunatus, see Venantius Fortunatus Constantinople, , , , , , – Franks, and drink, Constantius II, emperor, Freud, Sigmund, , , Crispus, son of Constantine I, Friuli, Crusaders, Byzantine view of, Fulda, monastery of, ‘cues’, –, , , n. , Fulgentius, saint, bishop of Ruspe, Cunimund, king of the Gepids, , F¨urstenspiegeln, practical limitations of, Cyrus I, Persian king, Galerius, emperor, , , , Damasus, pope, , Ganz, David, , , , De Jong, Mayke, , Geertz, Clifford, , © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521811163 - Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Edited by Guy Halsall Index More information Index Gelimer, king of the Vandals, –, n. genderand, , –, , , – Gemellus, suitorof Maronilla, obscenity and, – gender, , psychology of, – Genovefa (Genevi`eve), saint, social change and, –, George, bishop of Ravenna, social practice and, , – Germans, Roman attitudes towards, , Huns, –, –, , Giselbert, count of Bergamo, – gluttony, –, incongruity, , , , –, –, Goffart, Walter, , , , Ingund, Frankish queen, goliardic poetry, Ioca monachorum, , , , Goths, , –, –, – irony, , , , , , –, –, –, bibulous nature of, – , –, , Gratiosus, bishop of Ravenna, , –, Isaac, emperor, Gregory I, ‘the Great’, pope, –, –, , Isaac, son of Abraham, , –, , , Isidore, bishop of Seville, Gregory of Nyssa, – Gregory, bishop of Tours, –, –, , , , James, M. R., , , –, Jerome, saint, , –, , , , , Grimald of St-Gall, jesters, Grunnius Corocotta, M., , and dancers at funerals, antics of, , n. , , –, –, , , hagiography, humour in, –, , – Hall, Edith, John I, emperor, Hannibal, John, bishop of Ravenna, – Hatto, unknown aristocrat, unfunny joke jokes, about, , , – about Crusaders, Heiric, count, about doctors, , , – Hermeneumata pseudodositheana, about doctrinal dispute, Herodotus, about drink, – Heruls, , about foreigners, –, –, –, , Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne, , – Himiltrude, mother of Pippin the Hunchback, about greed, –, about notaries, –, Hippolytus, saint, – about relics, –, Hobbes, Thomas, about sex, –, –, –, Homer, by martyrs, – hoplites, – by persecutors, – Horace, by rulers, – Hrotswitha of Gandersheim, , , –, joking relationships, , Hucbald, Jonas of Bobbio, – Hugh, king of Italy, , , Jovian, emperor, Hugh ‘the Timid’, count of Tours, , Julian, emperor, – humorous genres, fate of in the west, –, Julius Caesar, – Justinian I, emperor, humour, Justinian II, emperor, contested nature of, – Juvenal, cultural specificity of, –, –, –, – Kekaumenos, general, everyday objects and, – Kierkegaard, Søren, female, , –, – kings, grim jokes by, – © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521811163 - Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Edited by Guy Halsall Index More information Index Lactantius, – Monica, saint, motherof Augustine, alleged Lantfred, gardener, – drinking habit of, Larson, Gary, –, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, humourin, laughter, Moors, , – Christian attitudes to, –, –, – physiology of, Nathanael, – sardonic, – Nebuchadnezzar, Laurence, saint, – Nero, emperor, Le Goff, Jacques, , Newman, Rob, – Lecky, William, – Nicephoras Phocas, emperor, Leoba, saint, Nicetius, saint, bishop of Trier, lettuce, – notaries, –, L´evi-Strauss, Claude, Notkerof St-Gall, see Notker‘the Stammerer’ Leyser, Karl, Notker‘the Stammerer’, , –, , , , Licinius, emperor, –, –, , , – Liutprand, bishop of Cremona, , , , , –, , obesity, – Livy, obscenity, – Lorsch collection of riddles, , , Origo Constantini imperatoris, , , Louis I ‘the Pious’, emperor, , –, , Orosius, – –, , , Ottfried of Weissenburg, Louis ‘the German’, king, Otto I, emperor, , , Lucretius, Otto of Freising, Lupus of Ferri`eres, Ovid, Macrobius, Pactus Legis Salicae, Majorian, emperor, Paphlagonians, ignorance of, – Marcus Aurelius, emperor, Papua, Mt, – Marcward of Pr¨um, Paris Conversations, , – Marius Maximus, parody, –, , , , , , , , , Mark Antony, , , , , Markus, Robert, Passio Perpetuae, Maronilla, sickly and thus marriageable Paul the Deacon, , , , woman, Paulinus of Aquileia, Martial, , , Paulinus of Milan, Martianus Capella, Pavia, Martin, saint, bishop of Tours, , , , Pechenegs, Marx, Karl, Perpetua, saint, Matilda, Peterof Pisa, Matthews, John, , Petronius, Maurice, emperor, , Peyrefitte, Roger, Maximian, emperor, – Pharas, Herul general, , Maximianus, – Philip II, king of Macedon, love of jokes of, medieval historians, straight-laced nature philochrematia, – of, – Philogelos (‘the Laughter-lover’), Michael Psellos, , , , Phocas, emperor, –, Milan, Photius, patriarch, Miracula Austregisili, Pippin of Italy, son of Charlemagne, , misunderstanding, – –, © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521811163 - Humour, History and Politics in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Edited by Guy Halsall Index More information Index Pippin the Hunchback, son of Charlemagne, satire, , , –, –, –, , –, – , Pirenne thesis, Seneca, Plass, Paul, Severus, emperor, , , – Plato, Sidonius Apollinaris, , –, , , –, Pliny the Elder, Polybius, Sisinnios, bishop and joke collector, post-modernism, – skull-cups, side-splittingly hilarious nature of, Praxagoras, , Priscian, grammarian, Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, Priscus of Pannium, , social constructionism, , , Procopius, – Socrates, philosopher, death of, Prodromos, see Theodore Prodromos, Socrates Scholasticus, church historian, Byzantine satirist Soissons, , Prudentius, , – Sopater, pagan sage, – Pr¨um, abbey of, Suetonius, , n. , , , pseudo-Bede, –, , – Sulpicius Severus, , , , , – pseudo-Symphosius, –, Symphosius, , –, , Syrus, saint, patron