How Long to Read Four Fools in the Age of Reason

How Long Does it Take to Read Four Fools in the Age of Reason?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 6 minutes to read Four Fools in the Age of Reason by Dorinda Outram

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Unveiling the nearly lost world of the court fools of eighteenth-century Germany, Dorinda Outram shows that laughter was an essential instrument of power. Whether jovial or cruel, mirth altered social and political relations. Outram takes us first to the court of Frederick William I of Prussia, who emerges not only as an administrative reformer and notorious militarist but also as a "master of fools," a ruler who used fools to prop up his uncertain power. The autobiography of the itinerant fool Peter Prosch affords a rare insider’s view of the small courts in Catholic south Germany, Austria, and Bavaria. Full of sharp observations of prelates and princes, the autobiography also records episodes of the extraordinary cruelty for which the German princely courts were notorious. Joseph Fröhlich, court fool in Dresden, presents more appealing facets of foolery. A sharp salesman and hero of the Meissen factories, he was deeply attached to the folk life of fooling. The book ends by tying the growth of Enlightenment skepticism to the demise of court foolery around 1800. Outram’s book is invaluable for giving us such a vivid depiction of the court fool and especially for revealing how this figure can shed new light on the wielding of power in Enlightenment Europe.

How long is Four Fools in the Age of Reason?

Four Fools in the Age of Reason by Dorinda Outram is 184 pages long, and a total of 46,736 words.

This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 57% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Four Fools in the Age of Reason Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 15 minutes to read Four Fools in the Age of Reason aloud.

What Reading Level is Four Fools in the Age of Reason?

Four Fools in the Age of Reason is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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