Till Eulenspiegel, a supposedly historical figure of…
1480 CE to 1491 CE
Till Eulenspiegel, a supposedly historical figure of the fourteenth century, appears as the peasant hero of the first German chapbook in prose, an anonymous collection of farcical tales which is soon translated into High German, Dutch, English, and French.
Considered a personification of Low German humor, he appears in literature as a scapegoat clown and prankster of rustic simplicity who aims his practical jokes at artisans, innkeepers, nobles, and clergy.