This text, based on a manuscript of 2000 jokes, sheds light on the lost laughter of the Golden Age in the Netherlands, and provides insight on their attitudes t... » 

This text, based on a manuscript of 2000 jokes, sheds light on the lost laughter of the Golden Age in the Netherlands, and provides insight on their attitudes towards sexuality and religion and other aspects of life, before religious treatises and books of manners warned against laughter. «