"Le roman de la rose - Tome I" by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun is a medieval French allegorical poem written in two parts between 1230-1269. Guillaume de Lorris began this dream vision about a lover's quest to reach a rose in an enchanted garden. Jean de Meun later expanded the work dramatically, transforming it into a philosophical discourse that challenges courtly love ideals through cynical observations about women, nature, nobility, and religious hypocrisy. This immensely popular work survives in hundreds of manuscripts.