That the Church is a target of choice for satirical literature is a fact that the Roman de Renart helps to highlight. That, in a set of 30,000 verses whose composition extends over half a century, this satire of the Church occupies a place substantially equivalent to the criticism of political-feudal and legal institutions, undoubtedly testifies to the importance of the religious fact in the society of the time, but nevertheless leads us to question what the pilgrim 'seins hom et prestre' (Ib, v. 3184) who separates Heresent and Hermeline in the middle of fighting and reestablishes peace in two households at the end of the br. Ib, apart from the hermit who, in branch VIII, listens with compassion to Renart's confession, all the priests are odious or ridiculous... - [Author]

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