Martha Bayless
Martha Bayless is an American medievalist and philologist, known for scholarship on Old English and medieval Latin literature, especially parody, humor, and popular culture. She has authored works such as Parody in the Middle Ages and Sin and Filth in Medieval Culture, and has taught at the University of Oregon.
Books
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1. Parody In The Middle Ages
The Latin Tradition
A study of medieval Latin parody that shows how humorous imitations of liturgy, scripture, and learned discourse functioned as both sanctioned play and pointed critique within clerical and scholastic culture; surveying mock masses and prayers, goliardic songs, and spoof charters, it analyzes their techniques, audiences, and contexts, and argues that such works simultaneously questioned and reaffirmed religious and institutional authority in the Middle Ages.