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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

The Way of All Flesh

François Villon was born in Paris in 1431. His ballads tell of what nowadays would be described as ‘lowlife’, but who can now be sure today that in fifteenth-century Paris it was a lowlife or the norm. His ballads are full of symbolism and oblique references to events of the period; deciphering them... Sign in to see full entry.

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