Renart le Bestourné
Originally published in Paris as part of Oeuvres complètes de Rutebeuf, trouvère du XIIIe siècle edited by Achille Jubinal, Eduard Pannier, 1839, page 196-202.
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Renart le Bestourné (Reynard Transformed) is a satirical version of the Roman de Renart (Reynard the Fox) written around 1260-1269 by Rutebeuf, a French poet. While it does not tell any of the Reynard stories, it does use several of the Reynard characters in its criticism of the political and religious leaders of the time. The poem is 162 lines in a dialect of Old French.
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The print edition of this text was published in Paris in 1839; the digital edition was created from the original in 2025 by David Badke. The original print edition by Achille Jubinal of 1839 is believed to be in the public domain.
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