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Feast of Fools

Generic name for the New Year revels in European cathedrals and collegiate churches, when the minor clergy usurped the functions of their superiors and burlesqued the services of the ...

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The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2009
Subject:
Law, History
Length:
10,844 words
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...for high praise: Greek Religion.Sculpture of Zeus, 330–27 b.c.e. Art Resource, NY Justice (Dike) beats Outrage (Hybris) when she comes at length to the end of the race. But only when he has suffered does the fool learn this. For Oath keeps pace with skewed judgments. There is a noise when Justice is being dragged to where men who devour bribes and pass sentences with crooked judgments lead. But she, wrapped in mist, pursues the city and habits of peoples, weeping, and bringing evil to men, especially those who have driven her out and did not deal straightly...

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