Ysengrimus
Sign in to saveupright=1.35|thumb|Ysengrimus, from a 12th-century MS in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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- Author
- Nivardus
- First published
- 1884
- Editions
- 8
- Subjects
- Animals, Fables, Latin (Medieval and modern), Fiction, Foxes, Poetry, Reynard the Fox (Legendary character), Translations into English, Translations into French
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Key dates
- Inception
- 1148
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Image
- Nivardus.bnf.jpg
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- P407
- medieval Latin
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6 sectionsContents
- Author
- The poem
- Interpretation
- References
- Further reading
- External links
upright=1.35|thumb|Ysengrimus, from a 12th-century MS in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Ysengrimus is a Latin fabliau and mock epic, containing a series of anthropomorphic fables thought to have been written in 1148 or 1149 CE by the poet Nivardus. Its chief character is Isengrim, the Wolf. The plot describes how the trickster figure Reynard, the Fox, overcomes Isengrim's various schemes.