Contents: Martha Bayless, Merriment and Entertainment in Anglo-Saxon England: What is the Evidence?; Christopher Crane, Taking Laughter Seriously: The Rhetoric of Humor in Middle English Drama, Sermon Exempla and Spiritual Instruction; Paul Hardwick, Making Light of Devotion: The Pilgrimage Window at York Minster; Dana Symons, Comic Pleasures: Chaucer and Popular Romance; Christian Sheridan, Funny Money: Puns and Currency in the Shipmans Tale; Laurel Broughton, From Buttfaces to Turd Bowling: Physical Humor in the Margins; Sandra M. Hordis, Gender and Dialogic Laughter in Malorys Morte Darthur; Miriamne Ara Krummel, Getting Even: Uneasy Laughter in The Play of the Sacrament; Peter G. Beidler, Realistic Stage Comedy in Chaucers Millers Tale; Elaine C. Block, Fooling Apes and Aping Fools on Misericord Carvings