“Three Blind Men Walk Into an Inn…” (and it just gets worse)

This fabliau has it all: trickery, fine dining, and a wildly escalating prank that ends with gospel readings, public humiliation, and a very confused innkeeper.

I give you Cortebarbe’s Li trois avugles de Compiègne (The three blind men of Compiègne).

Content note: includes period-typical ableism.

📜 Text: Translation by Nathaniel E. Dubin

🎵 Title music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada

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