The 12th century renaissance saw the reappearance of this interest in the world and nature, so characteristic of currents of thought influenced by Aristotelian philosophy. We observe, in fact, with each period of renaissance, a renewed interest in natural sciences in the broad sense. Contemporary literature often defines a bestiary as a collection of fables and morals about animals. A priori, according to this definition, the texts that can be considered as moralized bestiaries are therefore quite numerous. But this genre does not include all medieval treatises devoted to animals. We must not conflate too quickly with the Bestiarium as a literary work and its different avatars. This text is related to the eponymous genre but it nevertheless has its own literary identity which is important to know in order to fully understand the evolution of the genre. - [Author]

Language: French

1646-740X; DOI: 10.4000/medievalista.3856