Medieval manuscript found to record 15th-century comedy routine

Medieval manuscript found to record 15th-century comedy routine

Written to be performed live, a medieval minstrel's jokes poked fun at the powerful Troubadours, jesters, minstrels, bards: Whatever you choose to call them, these wandering entertainers captivated medieval Europeans for centuries. Medieval bards possessed imaginations so fertile, and wits so sharp, that Westerners still remember them long after their jokes and tall tales have faded from memory. Indeed, as Cambridge University and Girton College…