End of the 11th – beginning of the 12th century. The County of Burgundy is going through hard times after the First Crusade. Many knights, including the overlord, Count Renault II, and his siblings did not return from Palestine. Desolation and poverty reign in the county. But life goes on, and noble ladies want fun. Wandering poets and musicians flock to Burgundy, who call themselves goliards. Rigor Juif, the son of a Burgundian merchant, does not want to continue his father’s work and, obeying the call of his heart, becomes a goliard. He enjoys success with noble ladies, early experiences the bitterness of loss and disappointment in life, by the will of fate he turns into a Black Knight Errant, finds true love and saves the heir to the Burgundian crown...