Which fictional character was crowned as the ‘Pope of Fools’ in an 1831 novel?
Feast of Fools time of the Council of Trent, though instances of festivals of this kind survived in France as late as 1644. Victor Hugo recreated a picturesque account of a Feast of Fools in his 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", in which it is celebrated on January 6, 1482 and Quasimodo serves as Pope of Fools. This is shown in Disney's 1996 animated film version of the novel through the song "Topsy Turvy". Feast of Fools The Feast of Fools () is the name given to a specific feast day celebrated by the clergy in Europe, initially in Northern France,
Ship of Fools (Russo novel) Ship of Fools (Russo novel) Ship of Fools is a science fiction novel by Richard Paul Russo. First published in 2001, it won the Philip K. Dick Award for that year. The novel has been rereleased by Orbit Books under the name Unto Leviathan. The Argonos is a space-faring generation ship containing thousands of humans. The Argonos has presumably been traveling through space for centuries upon centuries. The original goal of the Argonos has been lost over time; no one on board can say for certain of their origins. A class-system has developed in which the commoners and poor serve