Jean  Renart
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.
The Romance of the Rose, or Guillaume de Dole