1st Edition

Two Old French Satires on the Power of the Keys L'Escommeniement Au Lecheor and Le Pardon De Foutre

By Daron Burrows Copyright 2005
160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

The thirteenth-century French comic dits of Les Escommeniemanz au lecheor and Le Pardon de foutre are two of the earliest vernacular texts to articulate anticlerical satire against the abuse of excommunications and indulgences. In Les Escommeniemanz, a relentless series of excommunications is promulgated against a broad range of social groups accused of activities ranging from the illegal and the... Read more
Introduction Notes on the Editions and Translations 1 Edition and Translation of L ’Escommeniement au lecheor 2 Edition and Translation of L e Pardon de foutre, Appendix A: L!Escommeniement au lecheor (Version A ), Appendix B: U Escommeniement au lecheor (Concordances)

Biography

Daron Burrows