The Dorset Ooser (“OH-zer”) was a giant wooden mask primarily used for this practice in the town of Melbury Osmond. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this practice of public censure, which could be accompanied by “rough music.” John Williams, a leader in the 1631-1632 Western Rising, took an alias referencing this practice.
ANSWER: charivari [or shivaree, chivaree, skimmington ride, skimmity ride, lewbelling, riding the stang, tin-panning, ran tanning, nominey, wooset, katzenmusik, haberfeldtreiben, or scampanate; accept, but DO NOT REVEAL hussitting; prompt on public humiliation , shaming, or vigilantism or similar answers]
[10e] A 1930 instance of charivari to punish a domestic abuser was given a local name based on this Czech theologian, who inspired a series of civil wars in Bohemia in the 1420s.
ANSWER: Jan Hus [or John Hus or Johannes Hus; accept hussitting]
[10m] This French peasant was mocked with a charivari for being unable to conceive a son for eight years. The trial of Arnaud du Tilh (“ar-NOH doo teel”), who impersonated this person for several years, was the basis of a history by Natalie Zemon Davis.
ANSWER: Martin Guerre (“ghair”) [accept The Return of Martin Guerre]
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