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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

fabliaux

the pregnant abbess, the nun of Watton, and cuckolded husbands

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

William, Nastagio, Federigo: ignorant men in love

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, 13th-century French fabliau, parodies Oriental physician

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

Le vilain mire fabliau parodied Saint Blaise’s fishbone cure

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

petticoat fabliau: story-acting solves real problem

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

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