Unlike the miracle of the pregnant abbess, a cuckolded husband delivered of an unwanted child wasn’t included in medieval handbooks for preparing homilies. … Read the post the pregnant abbess, the nun of Watton, and cuckolded husbands
Men must understanding the tales of William, Nastagio, and Federigo, from fabliau Guillaume au Faucon and Decameron 5.8 & 5.9. Shun chivalric abasement. … Read the post William, Nastagio, Federigo: ignorant men in love
Trubert presents a sociopathic trickster carrying out random acts of violence. One trick assumes the medical superiority of an Oriental physician. … Read the post Trubert, 13th-century French fabliau, parodies Oriental physician
The fabliau The Peasant Doctor {Le Vilain Mire}, like the life of Saint Blaise, includes curing a young person with a fishbone stuck in the throat. … Read the post Le vilain mire fabliau parodied Saint Blaise’s fishbone cure
The literary ingenuity of the Old French petticoat fabliau distinguishes it from other fabliaux telling similar stories of successful cuckolding. … Read the post petticoat fabliau: story-acting solves real problem