He is best known for the satirical plays he wrote during this period for the Confrérie des Enfants Sans Souci or Sots, a famous comedic acting troupe.

Tension between France and Rome, including a revival of the Investiture Controversy, was building during this period, eventually resulting in the Italian Wars and the formation of the Catholic League in 1511.

Following his Parisian period, he wrote a verse drama mystery play about the life of his patron's ancestor St Louis IX, Vie Monseigneur Sainct Loys par personnaiges (1514), for the Paris guild of stonemasons and carpenters.

One of his later works, Blazon des hérétiques (1524), attacks heretics and leaders of the Protestant Reformation, up to and including Martin Luther.

[2] During the Feast of Fools, which is when the story begins, a crowd of people arrive at the Grand Hall of the Palace of Justice where Gringoire introduces them to a play written by him, but is soon interrupted by Clopin Trouillefou, the King of Truands.

Later that night, Gringoire follows Esmeralda walking until he witnesses Quasimodo attempting to kidnap her under Archdeacon Claude Frollo's orders, followed by her being saved and the hunchback being captured by Captain Phoebus and his guards.

The story within the letter is written as an object lesson intended to convince Gringoire to accept the post of journalist for a Parisian newspaper.