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alues so individualistic that they undermined the social order that other fêtes supported.This schizophrenic character is further complicated by carnivals, masques and dancings, which expressed a collective medieval penchant to evade even group social interests for a realm of fantastical disguises.Clearly Heers' thesis, that medieval /(?f^s fill all roles that society collectively or other- wise thought worth playing, is uncontroversial.Readers will appreciate, however, his dash- ing comprehensiveness, his unexpected yoking together {as, fêtes) of seemingly unrelated practices, and his multi-faceted exemplification.Narrowness in scope, though, appears, for

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