#fabliaux

[bakechochin]

Looking for some new cheeky geezers to follow to spice up me blog

I did this sort of nonsense around this time last year after seeing a similar post - perhaps I shall make it a yearly affair to shock my blog in the bollocks with the metaphorical taser of new interesting material. And so, in the name of spicing up my dash, please give this a like or a reblog or what have you if you blog about any of my following interests that more likely than not will end up on my blog at some point in the future.

Classic English and European literature Fun medieval nonsense - bawdy fabliaux, sensationalist hagiographies, Arthurian romance, or just hilarious manuscript artwork Early modern drama Fantasy fiction - Pratchett, Lynch, Rothfuss, Gaiman and Fforde are my big five (yes I’m calling Fforde fantasy fiction when he’s technically not, shut up) Etymological nonsense and highfalutin words Interesting swear words Dark or banterous history trivia Mythology and folklore Medieval architecture (love me a good cathedral) Fantastic artwork (mainly just Bosch and Bruegel), or indeed any great artwork of little goblin dudes Trivia about alcohol

If you’ve been following me for so long that you can remember the last time I posted something like this, cheers for sticking by.

[ninja-muse]

Sometimes I love hate love my job.

[gymnasiumexcess]

Currently reading: Fabliaux Fair and Foul translated by John DuVal.

[mayolfederico]

Anonimo - Il falcone desiderato

In Guillaume au faucon tutto è giocato (…) su un calembour finale: per il resto, il racconto è in tutto e per tutto la storia di un amore mal corrisposto, che conduce l’amante a una maladie d’amour. Il giovane Guglielmo si innamora della sua castellana: approfittando dell’assenza del signore, le si dichiara, ma viene respinto. Guglielmo si serve dell’arma del digiuno per far pressione sulla dama,…

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The naked sword fell from his hand, And straightway his senses fled; "Sire," he said, "for the mercy of God, If I have done you wrong in any way, I will make it up to you without argument; Willingly -- as much as you want -- I will give you riches and money." The lady says: "As God may save me You will speak of another Bernart Before you leave this place, For I will offer you a bargain: Either you joust with me -- And I swear to you and guarantee, If you fall, without fail Straightway you lose your head, For I will have no pity on you -- Or I will dismount on foot, And I will bend over And you will come and kiss my arse, Exactly in the middle, if you please. Decide now which you prefer Of these choices that I offer you." Then he who was so badly frightened And who is filled with cowardice Says that he will not joust. "Sir," he says, "I have vowed Not to joust with any living man. So dismount, if it is no trouble, And I shall do what you please." The lady would grant no respite But immediately put foot on ground And raised her robe And bent over in front of him. "Sir, put your face here." And he looked at the crevice Of the arse and the quim, and it seemed To him that it was all one. He thinks and says to himself That he has never before seen so long an arse. Then he kissed her with a hearty kiss, In the manner of an evil cowardly man, Right at the hole there; She has well brought him to what he deserved.

Bèrenger of the Long Arse, trans. Larry D. Benson and Theodore M. Andersson

[camamella]

| LA VOGLIA DEI CAZZI | Alessandro Barbero

[medievalistsnet]

The Snow Baby: A Cautionary Tale - Medievalists.net

Most of the time, fabliaux are lighthearted and lusty, but occasionally they stray into dark humour, like 'The Snow Baby'.