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The Stereotype of the Priest in the Old French Fabliaux: Anticlerical Satire and Lay Identity

Daron Burrows

Mangaka: Daron Burrows
First published: 2005

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This volume examines the portrayal of religious figures within a specific tradition of medieval narrative poetry. By analyzing these texts, the work explores how satirical depictions of the clergy helped shape the cultural identity of lay audiences during that period.

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Published in 2005 as part of the French Literature series by Legenda, this academic volume explores the representation of the clergy in medieval French fabliaux. Daron Burrows, a specialist in medieval French literature, focuses on how these short, often humorous, and ribald narrative poems utilized anticlerical motifs to reflect the shifting social anxieties of the laity during the Middle Ages.

The work is a scholarly examination of literary tropes, analyzing how the 'priest' figure was constructed as a distinct stereotype to serve the satirical needs of thirteenth-century secular audiences. By tracking recurring character traits and narrative patterns, Burrows argues that these stories were not merely expressions of religious hostility, but sophisticated tools for defining lay identity in opposition to the ecclesiastical order of the time.

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