Satire in the Roman de Renard
Abstract
The conglomeration of poems which have been brought together into the collection known as the Roman de Renard is one of the masterpieces of world literature and a product of the bourgeois spirit of the Middle Ages in France. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated in the light of its vast and continued popularity during the whole of the Middle Ages. Beginning about 1176 and fixing its essential outlines only thirty years later, the animal cycle caught the fancy of the European people. Its fame was widespread at the beginning of the thirteenth century, as is shown by the angry tones of Gautier de Coincy, prior of Vic-sur-Aisne, who died in 1236. In several of the pious tales which he either composed or translated in 1233, under the title of Miracles de la Vierge, he hints at the popularity of the Roman de Renard.
Subject Area
Medieval literature|French literature|Folklore|History|Religion|Clergy
Recommended Citation
Volpe, Gerald C, "Satire in the Roman de Renard" (1956). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28673322.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28673322
