The Troubadours
- Author: Paterson, Linda
Poetry and music define a world at war in this meticulous study of the troubadours, the poet-musicians active in the Occitan region (now southern France) from the 11th through the 13th centuries...
The Troubadours
- Author: Paterson, Linda
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Poetry and music define a world at war in this meticulous study of the troubadours, the poet-musicians active in the Occitan region (now southern France) from the 11th through the 13th centuries...
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Composing songs of love and war in medieval Western and Southern Europe, troubadours spanned the social spectrum from kings and nobles to penniless minstrels. This book tells the story of the lives and art of these remarkable poet-musicians, famed for their brilliant, innovative use of words and music, and the emotional power of their compositions. The troubadours’ songs explored new ideas of love – the infamous ‘courtly love’ – as well as medieval perceptions of gender, class, war, chivalry, religion and the Crusades. Linda M. Paterson examines the troubadours’ music and performance, as well as their legacy, balancing insightful quotations in English translation with the original texts to highlight the forms and sounds of the poetry.
Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 : Guilhem ix
- Chapter 2 : Jaufre Rudel
- Chapter 3 : Marcabru
- Chapter 4 : Bernart de Ventadorn
- Chapter 5 : The trobairitz
- Chapter 6 : Arnaut Daniel
- Chapter 7 : Bertran de Born
- Chapter 8 : Raimbaut de Vaqueiras
- Chapter 9 : Folquet de Marselha Afterword
- References
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements Photo
- Acknowledgements
- Index
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Poetry and music define a world at war in this meticulous study of the troubadours, the poet-musicians active in the Occitan region (now southern France) from the 11th through the 13th centuries . . . The poetry alone is worth the price of admission . . . It’s a lively and rewarding account
