of Toulouse and the conclusion in the gathering of the family. In The Man of Law's Tale, Constance is framed for murder by a bloody dagger; this appears to be a direct borrowing. Classification In folkloristics, the tale of Crescentia is related to a cycle of stories wherein a wife is slandered and accused of adultery with an in-law and/or murder of her children. Such tales are classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as ATU type 712, "Crescentia". See also Calumniated Wife References Romance (genre) Middle High German literature 12th-century poems ATU 700-749