How Long to Read Laughing Matters

By Sara Beam

How Long Does it Take to Read Laughing Matters?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Laughing Matters by Sara Beam

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

Description

Bawdy satirical plays—many starring law clerks and seminarians—savaged corrupt officials and royal policies in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century France. The Church and the royal court tolerated—and even commissioned—such performances, the audiences for which included men and women from every social class. From the mid-sixteenth century, however, local authorities began to temper and in some cases ban such performances. Sara Beam, in revealing how theater and politics were intimately intertwined, shows how the topics we joke about in public reflect and shape larger religious and political...

How long is Laughing Matters?

Laughing Matters by Sara Beam is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Laughing Matters Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Laughing Matters aloud.

What Reading Level is Laughing Matters?

Laughing Matters is suitable for students ages 12 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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