Principal Works
*Ballades en jargon [Poems in Jargon] (poetry) c. 1450
†Poèmes variés (poetry) c. 1450-63
‡Le Lais [The Legacy] (poetry) 1456
§Le Testament [The Testament] (poetry) 1461
Le Grant Testament Villon et le petit. Son codicille. Le jargon & ses ballades (poetry) 1489
Oeuvres complètes de François Villon, publiées d'après les manuscrits anciennes éditions (poetry) 1892
François Villon: Oeuvres [François Villon: Works, 4th ed.] (poetry) 1970
François Villon: Complete Works (poetry) 1994
*These eleven ballades were composed around 1450; ballades 1-6 were first published in Le Grant Testament Villon in 1489, and all were published in Oeuvres complètes de François Villon in 1892.
†These sixteen poems, also known as Poésies diverses and Le Codicille, were composed circa 1450-63; half (2-3, 10-11, 13-16) were published in Le Grant Testament Villon in 1489, and all were published in the 1892 Oeuvres complètes de François Villon.
‡This work, also known as Le Petit Testament or Le Premier Testament, was written in 1456 and first published in Le Grant Testament Villon in 1489.
§This work, also known as Le Grand Testament or Le Testament second, was written in 1461; an abridged version was first published in Le Grant Testament Villon in 1489.
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