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'''Roland the Farter''' (known in contemporary records as '''Roland le Fartere''', ''' |
'''Roland the Farter''' (known in contemporary records as '''Roland le Fartere''', '''Roulandus le Fartere, Rollandus le Pettus''' or '''Roland le Petour''') was a [[medieval]] [[flatulist]] who lived in twelfth-century [[England]]. Roland the Farter's given name was George.{{cn|date=December 2022}} He was given [[Hemingstone]] manor in [[Suffolk]] and {{convert|12|ha|acre|abbr=off|order=flip}} of land in return for his services as a [[jester]] for [[Henry II of England|King Henry II]]. Each year he was obliged to perform "''Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum''" (one jump and whistle and one [[Flatulence|fart]]) for the king's court at [[Christmas]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Crick|first1=Julia C.|last2=van Houts|first2=Elisabeth|title=A Social History of England, 900–1200|date=21 April 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mM6OA8wtPOYC&dq=%22roland+the+farter%22&pg=PA405|accessdate=19 December 2013|publisher=Cambridge UP|isbn=9781139500852|page=405}}</ref> |
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Roland is listed in the thirteenth-century English ''[[Liber Feodorum]]'' (''Book of Fees'').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lyte |first=H. C. Maxwell |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011272922 |title=Liber feodorum. The book of fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest mss. by the Deputy keeper of the records |publisher=H.M. Stationery off. |year=1920–1923 |location=London |pages=386 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015011272922 |language=la}}</ref> |
Roland is listed in the thirteenth-century English ''[[Liber Feodorum]]'' (''Book of Fees'').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lyte |first=H. C. Maxwell |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015011272922 |title=Liber feodorum. The book of fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest mss. by the Deputy keeper of the records |publisher=H.M. Stationery off. |year=1920–1923 |location=London |pages=386 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015011272922 |language=la}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:17, 30 May 2023
Roland the Farter (known in contemporary records as Roland le Fartere, Roulandus le Fartere, Rollandus le Pettus or Roland le Petour) was a medieval flatulist who lived in twelfth-century England. Roland the Farter's given name was George.[citation needed] He was given Hemingstone manor in Suffolk and 30 acres (12 hectares) of land in return for his services as a jester for King Henry II. Each year he was obliged to perform "Unum saltum et siffletum et unum bumbulum" (one jump and whistle and one fart) for the king's court at Christmas.[1]
Roland is listed in the thirteenth-century English Liber Feodorum (Book of Fees).[2]
See also
References
- ^ Crick, Julia C.; van Houts, Elisabeth (21 April 2011). A Social History of England, 900–1200. Cambridge UP. p. 405. ISBN 9781139500852. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ Lyte, H. C. Maxwell (1920–1923). Liber feodorum. The book of fees, commonly called Testa de Nevill, reformed from the earliest mss. by the Deputy keeper of the records (in Latin). London: H.M. Stationery off. p. 386. hdl:2027/mdp.39015011272922.
- Bartlett, Robert (2000). England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075-1225. Oxford University Press. pp. 236. ISBN 0-19-925101-0.
- Beadle, Richard (1994). The Cambridge companion to medieval English theatre. Cambridge companions to literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-521-45916-8.
- The Language of Farting by Evan R. Goldstein, Chronicle of Higher Education. (Retrieved 18 November 2007. Subscription required)
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