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... Roman de Renart , a collection of texts whose amorality has baffled literary critics as much as it has delighted audiences . The Roman de Renart offers no critique of feudal kingship , no critique of judicial systems or injustices , of ...
... Roman de Renart , a collection of texts whose amorality has baffled literary critics as much as it has delighted audiences . The Roman de Renart offers no critique of feudal kingship , no critique of judicial systems or injustices , of ...
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... Roman de Renart portrays all manner of vilains and vil- lainy , but posits no necessary relation between social ... Roman's characters live in a world ruled by injustice , by " le droit du plus fort . " In showing the repeated failure of ...
... Roman de Renart portrays all manner of vilains and vil- lainy , but posits no necessary relation between social ... Roman's characters live in a world ruled by injustice , by " le droit du plus fort . " In showing the repeated failure of ...
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... Roman de Renart despised peasants in real life . 27. Legal historians have shown the extent to which the Roman de Re- nart obeys twelfth - century legal procedure : see Yvonne Bongert , Re- cherches sur les cours laïques du Xe au XIIIe ...
... Roman de Renart despised peasants in real life . 27. Legal historians have shown the extent to which the Roman de Re- nart obeys twelfth - century legal procedure : see Yvonne Bongert , Re- cherches sur les cours laïques du Xe au XIIIe ...
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