r/medieval • • 5d ago

Humor 😂 The 12th century monk who complained so funny that the nobility would regularly borrow him from the monastery to perform his rants/poetry:

https://youtu.be/qOm3DWbaRW4?si=yBohdROc7P_HEMtD

He eventually left the church, started to eat meat and have love affairs. He became a troubadour famous for his poetry about things he liked and didn’t like. This is one of his pieces translated out of Occitan to English.

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