jesters, comedians, musicians and histrionic of the Middle Ages lived in a kind of limbo, except by the grace of God, the margins were not placed in the official society, did not belong to this or that man or this or that country. For these reasons, through any kind of border, political, social, moral. It seems that in this 'limbo' had created the conditions for jesters between (and sometimes even between lords and jesters) had overcome the condition of subordination of women. Paradoxically, in a limbo where there was no dignity, men and women lived in conditions that are currently defined in terms of equal dignity.
Among the few documents that describe in detail the events of giullaresse, I came across the testimony of Guillaume de Lorris (1200 circa - about 1238), translated by Gina D'Angelo Matassa, L'Epos, Palermo, 1993, that 'Le Roman de la Rose', as he describes a social scene of dances, songs and dances, pauses to talk about juggling. We are not talking only of the good society dame who delight in the dance, but also women who live through their amazing juggling skills.
on the lawn I see the juggler, fingers thin, light coats,
skilled gestures, moves perfect.
Here, drums and tablets
launched into the air. I look surprised,
one by one on one finger
all fall without missing once. [...]
dances attended by the ladies, while the 'jugglers' for each sex, sirventesi and Lorraine, played and sang for the benefit of the dancers and riders, who finished the dance, is entertained with the ladies and damsels.
A document drawn from Appendix E. Faral, "Les Jongleurs en France au moyen age", 1910, shows that in 1241, at the court of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (1191 - 1250), Richard of Cornwall (1209 - 1272) witnessed and documented a show of giullaresse Saracens, who vaulted into the balance on the balls, as they sang and played cymbals.
Faral Also in the text (p.63) Finally, we talk about the giullaressa Agnes, who came into the good graces of Wenceslas II (1271 - 1305) king of Bohemia and later in Poland, known admirer and protector of minnesinger. Agnese, skilled in singing and playing the harp, he enjoyed several privileges, including having their service to a dozen horses and bear embassies by the king with influential people. His life at court was not however the most optimistic, given the reputation of its kind that women had the eyes of the courtesans. Not surprisingly, the death of the king was accused of poisoning him.
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