What Was Humor Like In The 13th Century?
AncientPages.com | June 22, 2018
AncientPages.com - People love to laugh. They always have and humor has been a part of our history as long as humanity has existed. Historical records show that our ancestors appreciated to laugh just as much as we do today.
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What many consider to be the world’s oldest joke is written in a medieval manuscript kept in the British Library. The language of the joke indicates that it was written about a thousand years ago. The text is written in Old Irish. You can read the world’s oldest joke here and see if it makes you laugh.
Historical studies of Icelandic Sagas reveal Vikings had dark humor and joked even during deadly battles.
It was a mixture of sarcasm, irony and unusual jokes. The Vikings approach was that, if you knew you were going to die, why not do it laughing.
We can also wonder - what was humor like in the 13th century
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