The Lombard Who Wanted Twelve Wives
The Court Jester - A podcast by Kleio Pethainou - Sundays
A young man boasts he could handle twelve wives. He marries one. She ruins him. When the village captures a wolf, he suggests, “Give him a wife.”Le valet aus .xii. Fames (The fellow with a dozen wives) is a fabliau about ego, endurance, and learning the hard way that marriage is not for amateurs.📜 Text: Translation by Nathaniel E. Dubin🎵 Title music: “Celebration” by Alexander Nakarada📲 Updates & mischief: @kpethainou.bsky.social | @thecourtjesterpodcast on Facebook🃏 Bonus content: patreon.com/CourtJesterPodcast☕Buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/thecourtjesterpodcast Get bonus content and other good things on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
