The Battle of Torelore: A Parody of Chivalry in Aucassin et Nicolette

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What if knights fought battles not with swords and lances, but with fresh cheeses and rotten apples? The Battle of Torelore in Aucassin et Nicolette turns medieval chivalry on its head in one of literature’s most absurd and subversive parodies.

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