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What did the jester do?

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The jester was employed gainfully during the Middle Ages, from about A.D. 500 until about A.D. 1500. The jester basically did what the clown does nowadays. In fact, the jester was supposed to function as the court's professional clown. That court could be the royal court of one of the European monarchs. Or it could be the noble court of one of the particular European country's leading influential, wealthy families.

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