1.0Medievalists.nethttps://www.medievalists.netSandra Alvarezhttps://www.medievalists.net/author/sandra-alvarez/Gender and Violence in the Northern French Farce - Medievalists.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LWBdPgnsAx"><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/gender-and-violence-in-the-northern-french-farce/">Gender and Violence in the Northern French Farce</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/gender-and-violence-in-the-northern-french-farce/embed/#?secret=LWBdPgnsAx" width="600" height="338" title="“Gender and Violence in the Northern French Farce” — Medievalists.net" data-secret="LWBdPgnsAx" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/images-223.jpeg190265I will briefly examine here the identity of farce's violent characters and their victims, as well as the deviant behaviors punished by comically violent means, ending with a brief discussion of the social conditions which, in my opinion, may have caused the farce's target audience to enjoy watching the aggressive correction of certain types of antisocial behavior in the century following the Hundred Years' War.