The Court Fool

Beatrice Otto is the author of fools are everywhere, which takes a global look at court jester and his role in society. A fool was a very, very precious commodity in the court, that that the two of them trusted one another implicitly. It's somebody that has a certain license to challenge, to pacify, to advise and hold a mirror up to those people in a nice, honest, warm, humanistic way. The king is a zero, nothing at all, an insult that no one else would dare to deliver.