![]() The figure of the concupiscent and vacillating Noble the Lion seems to be based on Philip, who slavishly followed the King of France’s orders and handed over two princesses as hostages to his master. It is supposed that Willem wrote Van den Vos Reinaerde to encourage Siger III, chatelain of the Counts’ Castle in Ghent, who was unjustly deprived of his post around 1210 by Philip the Noble, Count of Namur and Regent of Flanders. MeaningĪndré De Vries writes that the work is an allegory of contemporary netherlandish politics at the court of Philip I of Namur, known as "Philip the Noble": ![]() Many women are sexually promiscuous and include prostitutes. The common population is often violent and cruel. The nobility is being portrayed as lazy and often stupid. Satire about a fox who kills and bullies, and gets away with his deeds. ![]()
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