Dit de la queue de Renart
Nouveau Becueil Contes, Dits, Fabliaux et Autres Pièces Inédites des XIII, XIV et XV Siècles (page 88-95), Achille Jubinal, ed. (Challamel,Paris1842)
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Le Dit de la Queue de Renart is a fourteenth century satirical poem in 192 lines of Old French rhyme. The author is unknown. It uses the Reynard the Fox genre to criticize the corruption of society in the author’s time. The author lists multiple professions, both secular and clerical, that he warns about the evil of emulating Reynard.
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The print edition of this text was published in Paris in 1842; the digital edition was created from the original in 2025 by David Badke. The digital edition includes only part of the original printed book. The original print edition by Achille Jubinal is believed to be in the public domain.
The images of the manuscript pages containing this text are from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, fr. 12483, folio 240rb-241rb. The images are stated to be in the public domain.
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