Fabriau (English spelling)

…His name, “The Ropemaker,” suggests that he was of citizen origin, and his style of writing also makes him the first common poet in the German-speaking world. Although he also wrote long epic poems, his specialty was the short epic poems “Fabliau,” which combined entertainment and moral teaching, and he preferred to write about the relationships between men and women and between husband and wife, from a different perspective to chivalrous literature. His most famous work is a series of adventure stories starring the cunning and mischievous monk Amis, whose character would later be connected to “Till Eulenspiegel.” …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…〈縄作り人〉という名前から市民の出と推定され，その作風からもドイツ語圏最初の庶民詩人として注目される。長編叙事詩も残したが，本領は娯楽と教訓を兼ねた短編叙事詩《ファブリオFabliau》で，騎士文学とは異なった視点から好んで男女，夫婦の間柄をテーマにした。代表作は狡猾でいたずらな僧アミースAmisを主人公とする一連の冒険談で，この人物像は後の《ティル･オイレンシュピーゲル》につながる。…

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