Note 218 — from the Origins To the Renaissance (continued 3)
Reading edition
Bédier, "Les Fabliaux," Paris, 1893, 8vo, p. 241; Bédier's definition of the same is as follows: "Les fabliaux sont des contes à rire, en vers," p. 6. The principal French collections are: Barbazan and Méon, "Fabliaux et contes des poètes français," Paris, 1808, 4 vols. 8vo; Montaiglon and Raynaud, "Recueil général et complet des Fabliaux," Paris, 1872-90, 6 vols. 8vo.