Le Testament

Le Testament is a collection of poetry composed in 1461 by François Villon. Le Testament, comprising over twenty essentially independent poems in octosyllabic verse, consists of a series of fixed-form poems, namely 16 ballades and three rondeaux,[1] and is recognized as a gem of medieval literature.

  1. ^ * Fein, David (1997), "6 The Testament: The Ballades", François Villon Revisited, New York: Twayne, ISBN 0805745645, Villon has interspersed a series of fixed-form poems, 16 ballades and three rondeaux, throughout the Testament.