The function of the representation of the joyful abbey in the joyful French pastoral letter (sixteenth century)

The joyful abbey is a recurring element in parodies of writs, the so-called mandements joyeux or joyful writs. The aim of this article is to identify the relationships between joyful writs and joyful abbeys. Was the joyful writ a literary genre used by authors who were part of a joyful abbey, or is the joyful abbey a literary motif used in the joyful writs ?