Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on Sources vii
4. Introduction. The Many Faces of Farce 1
5. Chapter 1. The Wisdom of Farts: Ethics and Politics, Farce and Festive Comedy 19
6. Chapter 2. A Justice to Come: Messianism and Eschatology in Maistre Pierre Pathelin 69
7. Chapter 3. Sacraments and Scatology, Faith and Doubt: Andrieu de La Vigne’s Mystère de Saint Martin and Its Farces 109
8. Chapter 4. Making History: Misbehaved Women, Well-Behaved Women, and the Sexual Politics of Farce 151
9. Afterword. Against Protoforms 219
10. Notes 227
11. Works Cited 235
12. Index 253
13. Acknowledgments 259