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The genre of short, farcical often coarse tales written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries
One of the metrical tales of the Trouvères, or early poets of the north of France
or fableau Short metrical tale made popular in medieval France by jongleurs. Fabliaux were characterized by vivid detail and realistic observation and were usually comic, coarse, and cynical, especially in their treatment of women. Though understandable to the bourgeois and common people, they frequently contain an element of burlesque that depends for its appreciation on considerable knowledge of courtly society, love, and manners. About 150 fabliaux survive, by both amateur and professional writers
{i} short comic medieval tale in verse
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