The thirteenth-century Old Occitan Romance of Flamenca light-heartedly critiques men-abasing courtly love, oppressive gender roles, and hypocritical pretenses predominant among trobairitz and troubadours writing and singing Old Occitan lyrics in medieval southern France. Apparently never widely disseminated, Flamenca was rediscovered in a manuscript in 1834. Flamenca is a creative, highly transgressive medieval verse tale. Nonetheless, for more than a century medieval scholars have comically misunderstood Flamenca to be a “novel of manners.”
After amorous gambits in church as in medieval Flamenca, Rabelais’ Panurge overthrew the great lady of Paris with dog piss in carnivalic gender revolution. … Read the post Rabelais added dog piss to Flamenca’s mockery of elite pretenses
Cured of her jealousy, Archimbaut held a beauty tournament where Guillem cuckolded her with Flamenca in the marital bed. Men’s own swords are made for love. … Read the post Guillem cuckolds Archimbaut with Flamenca at beauty tournament
Imprisoned by his medieval wife, Guillem relished a four-month extra-marital affair with Flamenca. Their servant women & men joined in the sexual loving. … Read the post Flamenca & Guillem, with servant women & men, enjoy sexual intimacy
Exchanging brief words during plague tests before entering church, Flamenca & Guillem arranged an extramarital tryst in this astonishing medieval romance. … Read the post Flamenca seduces Guillem in church in medieval courtly romance
With love from afar in this medieval tale, the warrior-princess-cleric Flamenca ardently loved Guillem, imprisoned in a tower by his wife Archimbaut. … Read the post medieval tale: Flamenca loves Archimbaut’s imprisoned husband Guillem