Jean Renart

The Romance of the Rose or Guillaume de Dole

Jean Renart

The author of at least two noteworthy romances of the early thirteenth century, Le Roman de la Rose or Guillaume de Dole and L'Escoufle (The Kite), as well as Le Lai de l'Ombre , Jean Renart is today recognized as the most accomplished practitioner of the «realistic romance» in Old French literature.