Maleperduis
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[[Labyrinth|labyrinthine]] Maleperduys is full of holes, crooked and long, with multiple exits, which Reynard can open and shut to elude his enemies. Full of secret chambers and passageways, in [[William Caxton|William Caxton's]] ''The Historie of Reynart the Foxe'' ([[1485]]) the [[castle]] of Maleperduys is described as the "best and the fastest burgh that [Reynart] had. There lay he in when he had need, and was in any dread or fear." (Chapter VII, ''How Bruin the Bear was sped of Reynart the Fox''). | [[Labyrinth|labyrinthine]] Maleperduys is full of holes, crooked and long, with multiple exits, which Reynard can open and shut to elude his enemies. Full of secret chambers and passageways, in [[William Caxton|William Caxton's]] ''The Historie of Reynart the Foxe'' ([[1485]]) the [[castle]] of Maleperduys is described as the "best and the fastest burgh that [Reynart] had. There lay he in when he had need, and was in any dread or fear." (Chapter VII, ''How Bruin the Bear was sped of Reynart the Fox''). | ||
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<br />''Reynaerd hadde so menich huus,'' | <br />''Reynaerd hadde so menich huus,'' | ||
<br />''Maer die casteel Malpertus'' | <br />''Maer die casteel Malpertus'' |
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labyrinthine Maleperduys is full of holes, crooked and long, with multiple exits, which Reynard can open and shut to elude his enemies. Full of secret chambers and passageways, in William Caxton's The Historie of Reynart the Foxe (1485) the castle of Maleperduys is described as the "best and the fastest burgh that [Reynart] had. There lay he in when he had need, and was in any dread or fear." (Chapter VII, How Bruin the Bear was sped of Reynart the Fox).
Reynaerd hadde so menich huus,
Maer die casteel Malpertus
Dat was die beste van sinen borghen.
Van den Vos Reynaerde
In 1943 Belgian writerJean Ray published the novel Malpertuis, a horror story set in a house in Ghent. A film adaptation was directed by Harry Kümel.
In France the toponym Maupertuis is attested under 17 different orthographies more than 180 times. In Walloon, Flandres and Netherlands it is not attested at all.