Excerpt from Middle English Humorous Tales in Verse The literature in French in the period following the Norman Conquest was much more broadly representative of the different sides of human life than that in Anglo Saxon had been. If we narrow our attention to narra tive, we find, corresponding to the dignified English epic tales and legendary narratives, similarly dignified French Cbanronr de gate, courtly romances, and saintly legends. But along with the Cbanran dz Roland and its class and the romances of Chretien de Troyes and of his. School, there flourished tales less conventional in form and re flecting the gay and the humorous side of humanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.