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Marie de France’s Lais (twelfth century) contain moralizing statements and love-proverbs that seem at first to be inapplicable to the stories they complement. This article argues that Marie uses the narrative contexts of her Lais to test her proverbs, rather than merely subverting the proverbs or using them as garnish for her narrative. This allows Marie’s audience to learn “mesura” when they recontextualize...
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