the Romance of Rose or Guillaume de Dole in Bloomington, MN

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.