From medieval Catholicism to Quasimodo on film ... warnings about the perils of unmoored individualism. The fool who once amused the king has become his own master, the monarch and prisoner ...

15th century. Notre Dame. Start of the annual Festival of Fools. Crowds of people in costumes, vying for the title of King of Fools – the person dressed in the ugliest manner. The winner: Quasimodo, ...