1) French folklore 2) Western medieval lyric form
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The pastourelle is a typically Old French lyric form concerning the romance of a shepherdess. In most of the early pastourelles, the poet knight meets a shepherdess who bests him in a battle of wit and who displays general coyness. The narrator usually has sexual relations, either consensual or rape, with the shepherdess, and there is a departure ...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastourelle
medieval poem between knight and shepherdess
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http://phrontistery.info/p.html
No exact match found.
