found: Cuddon, J.A. A dictionary of literary terms, 1982(Fabliau: A short narrative octosyllabic verse, usually of 300 to 400 lines. The genre flourished in France between 1150 and 1400 A.D. About 150 are extant. The earliest known is Richeut (1159), but it seems likely that they existed because disapproval of them was expressed in Egbert's Poenitentiale of the 8 c. Fabliaux tended to be ribaldly comic tales. They were satirical, in a rough and ready fashion, often at the expense of the clergy. Their caustic attitude towards women may have been a reaction against courtly love. The form is primarily French, but there are examples in English literature, like Chaucer's Miller's Tale and Reeve's Tale (late 14th c.))
found: Morner, K. NTC's dictionary of literary terms, c1991(Fabliau: A medieval tale in eight-syllable verse. Humorous, often bawdy, fabliaux frequently satirized women and the clergy. Adaptations of the fabliau appear in several of Geoffrey Chaucer's tales, including those of the Miller, the Reeve, the Friar, the Summoner, and the Merchant)
found: Harmon, W. A handbook to literature, c2006(Fabliau (plural, Fabliaux): A humorous tale popular in medieval France. The conventional verse form of the fabliau was the eight-syllable couplet. Fabliaux were stories of various types, but one point was uppermost--humorous, sly satire. Although fabliaux may have ostensible "morals" appended, they lack the serious intention of the fable, and they differ from the fable too in always having human characters and in always maintaining a realistic tone and manner)
found: Genre terms: a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging, via the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section website, Dec. 14, 2012(Fabliaux. Use for bawdily humorous metrical tales of a type found chiefly in 12th and 13th century French poetry.)
