Abstract
In my research project I intend to examine the French feuilletons known as "canards de faits divers". These texts had a journalistic content and were in vogue between 1529 and 1631. There are 520 titles (about 800 exemplars) in the archives of the French National Library. The "canards" used to be sold by street vendors. They were read by people from every walk of life and dealt with a var…