Fabliaux Du Moyen âge by Anonymous
A lively collection of short, comic narratives from medieval France, composed in brisk, often ribald verse that satirizes clerics, nobility and bourgeois pretensions alike; the stories rely on tricks, mistaken identities and sharp dialogue to expose human folly, sexual appetite and social hypocrisy, celebrating cunning servants and resourceful wives who outwit gullible husbands and corrupt officials, while offering a vivid, earthy glimpse into everyday life, humor and moral ambiguity in the Middle Ages.
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- Old french
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