{"product_id":"ten-bourdes","title":"Ten Bourdes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdopting a fourteenth-century Middle English word referring to an amusing story or incident, \u003cem\u003eTen Bourdes \u003c\/em\u003ecollects ten humorous poems from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries for enjoyment and study by a broader readership. Though not as well-attested or well-established as their French counterparts, the bawdy and often violent \u003cem\u003efabliaux \u003c\/em\u003eof the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the poems presented here demonstrate common features definitive of a potential genre: signaled demands for laughter from the audience, punishment for characters who exploit the innocent, and morality’s triumph over the wicked. In these corrective comedies, wandering spouses are returned to their marriages, adulterers punished, cruel stepmothers humiliated, victims defended, hospitality repaid, and virtue rewarded. This updated edition of Furrow’s poems, published earlier in \u003cem\u003eTen Fifteenth-Century Comic Poems,\u003c\/em\u003e is designed specifically for students, pairing marginal glosses and a comprehensive Middle English glossary with extensive explanatory notes, textual notes, and contextual introductions for each work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Medieval Institute Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32130265874515,"sku":"9781580441926","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781580441926_73ba9baa-a268-4316-a0d7-6bdce702b464.jpg?v=1780387251","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ten-bourdes","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}