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Fabliaux
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A species of metrical tales of a light and satirical nature in vogue widely in France during the 12th and 13th centuries; many of the stories were of Oriental origin, but were infused with the French spirit of the times; La Fontaine, Boccaccio, and Chaucer drew freely on them; they are marked by all the vivacity and perspicuity, if also lubricity, of their modern successors in the French novel and comic drama.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fabliaux'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/fabliaux.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Fabliaux'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​f/fabliaux.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.