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This poor guy just wanted to plow his field in peace. But one thing led to another—an unwanted marriage, a suspicious priest, a strategic beating—and suddenly he's the kingdom’s most celebrated docto…

In La Coille Noire, a wife takes her husband to court over the scandalous discovery that his testicles are black.

Cue a trial full of confusion, comedy, and anatomical misunderstandings, as the bisho…

Warning: private parts are about to go public.

In Garin's infamous Le Chevalier Qui Fesoit Les Cons Parler, a down-on-his-luck knight is gifted the bizarre magical ability to make women's genitals (an…

In Freire Denise le cordelier, Rutebeuf offers a poetic takedown of every dude who uses God to get laid. A teenage girl dreams of holy life; a Franciscan friar sees an opportunity. Disguised as “Brot…

In Le sentier batu, Jean de Condé tells the story of a knight who gets roasted at a party by the woman he once hoped to marry—and absolutely cooks her back. A lesson in why public shame is a blade th…

When a well-dressed knight visits his lover while her husband is at court, all goes to plan—until the husband unexpectedly returns. What follows is a spiraling comedy of cover-ups, in which the lady …

In Berangier au lonc cul, Guérin (the creative mastermind behind this amazing story) delivers a humiliating farce about one man's lie, one woman’s vengeance, and one monumental butt.

This knight migh…

When a miserly hunchback marries far above his station, his obsession with control meets its match in his wife's quick wits and a sturdy bed with three drawers. In Les iii boçus, bodies pile up, a po…

In L’evesque qui beneï le con, the bishop of Bayeux learns the hard way that abusing power for sex can blow up in your face—especially when the woman’s husband is hiding behind the bed, waiting to sa…

When God made the world, He gave jobs to knights, peasants, and priests—and forgot the whores and the entertainers. So they complained. The result? Harlots got Church patronage, jugglers got tossed s…

A master woodcarver leaves his wife alone for one afternoon, and she decides it’s open season for clergy. Unfortunately for the priest, her husband’s home early and his hands are very good with a bla…

God made man from dust, woman from bone—and then promptly forgot a key anatomical detail. Luckily, the Devil had a spade, a fart, and a very strange sense of customer service.

Du con qui fu fait a la …

When a sheltered young lady learns the forbidden word for a man's genitals, things quickly get nutty. Robin, a strapping lad with a wild imagination and an even wilder metaphor, offers her a lesson i…

Warning: Wearing strange jewellery found by a river may lead to catastrophic boners. Ask your medieval doctor if this fabliau is right for you.

I give you L’anel qui faisoit les viz grans et roides (T…

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