Rutebeuf

Rutebeuf (also Rutebuef or Rustebués, creative period ca 1250-1285 ) was a French writer. The name is probably a nickname Rutebeuf itself derived from the rudeness with which he led his literary attacks as a rude bœuf ( " rude ox ").

Today he is considered the first major Parisian author in the French literary history. We are only vaguely informed of volatile information in his works about his biography. Its creation data must be inferred from their contents and other evidence.

Apparently Rutebeuf was to study, probably from the Champagne region, came to Paris, under the long and successful reigning kings Philip " Augustus " (1180-1223) and Ludwig was the Holy (1226-1270) ascended the undisputed power and culture of France. He had, however, as he indicates, through his own fault, namely trunk and gambling, found a permanent place in society. Rather, he led increasingly pessimistic and bitter and constantly lamenting his poverty, a precarious existence as a contract writer changing patrons, as an entertainer with text and song performances in the houses of rich people, and perhaps most notably as a fiddler at fairs.

As an author he was very versatile and worked in many genres, with the exception of courtly poetry and courtly romance. He wrote satires society (eg La Bataille des vices contre la vertu), a miracle play (Le Miracle de Théophile ), saints' lives (eg, Vie de Sainte Marie l' égyptienne ) Fabliaux ( farces ), a satirical allegorical fox seal ( Renart le Betourne ), personal poetry, which usually focuses his misfortune (eg, Le Mariage de Rutebeuf or La Complainte de Rutebeuf ), but also rhyming crusade propaganda denouncing the lethargy of Christians and their managerial staff. A considerable part of his poems, such as the Renart, served whole or alongside the polemic against the young mendicant orders who fought the amusements of which he and his showman and musician colleagues lived. However, he polemic on a more political level, by castigates the influence of the monks on the king and other powerful and denounces the hypocrisy with which they conceal as he believes, their lust for power and their greed. At the same time he tried the faculty of the University of Paris, which he felt connected to, to assist them in their defense against the religious who sought to share in their privileges with his polemic.

Rutebeuf, who did not feel acted unjustly under value, is a relatively isolated, unconventional voice acting in the literature of his time. He is hardly mentioned by other contemporaries and has not made any school. The 200- years younger François Villon, with whom he is often compared, has probably not know about him.