Project Gutenberg 2020-12-28 Public domain in the USA. 123 Martial, d'Auvergne 1508 D'Auvergne, Martial Martial, de Paris Martialis, Arvernus Les cinquante et ung arretz d'amours Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les cinquante et ung arretz d'amours" by d'Auvergne Martial is a collection of fictional court decrees related to love, likely written during the late 14th century. The text presents a whimsical and allegorical legal framework for examining various romantic disputes, showcasing the absurdities and paradoxes of love through a series of fanciful court cases and rulings. The interaction of characters within these cases serves to explore themes of fidelity, desire, and the cultural norms surrounding romantic relationships. At the start of the work, the reader is introduced to a grand assembly known as the "parlement d'amours" where various love-related cases are heard and decided upon. The opening details the sumptuous setting and the characters in attendance, including noble ladies and men adorned in luxurious garments, setting a vibrant mood. Various plaintiffs and defendants present their cases, illustrating complex love entanglements and grievances, from issues of affection and betrayal to demands for reparations and love tokens. These early testimonies foreshadow a series of rich and humorous narratives that blend legal parlance with the emotional turbulence of love, inviting the reader into a world where romantic affairs are adjudicated with all the serious deliberation of a legal court. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 26.3 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. fr French literature -- To 1500 PQ Text Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: French Literature 326409 2025-07-25T10:41:29.975662 text/html 302723 2024-10-18T09:19:21 text/html 357229 2025-07-25T10:41:33.732622 application/epub+zip 358116 2025-07-25T10:41:30.547604 application/epub+zip 217031 2025-07-25T10:41:30.266630 application/epub+zip 427314 2025-07-25T10:41:36.944574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 383652 2025-07-25T10:41:33.485651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242577 2022-09-28T21:35:32.097018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308274 2025-07-25T10:41:29.733643 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 288277 2024-10-18T09:19:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16890 2025-07-25T10:41:37.116592 application/rdf+xml 31252 2025-07-25T10:41:30.357624 image/jpeg 3964 2025-07-25T10:41:30.313653 image/jpeg 292334 2025-07-25T10:41:30.008668 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia