Introduction To Provencal
Introduction to Provencal
Provençal was originally used in all the south of France, as far north as Poitou, Limousin and the Dauphiné. Romance language descended from Latin.
XIth century
Earliest texts (3) survive from XIth century. La Chanson de Sainte Foy (1033) is the only one of real merit.
XIIth Century
Period of the early troubadours. Dominant genre lyric poetry, especially the chanson (love poetry); also important, sirventes (satire); moral and religious poetry and the partimen (debate poetry).
Principal poets: Guillaume IX of Aquitaine, Marcabru, Jaufré Rudel, Cercamon, Bernart de Ventadour, Bertran de Born, Arnaut Daniel and Raimbaut d'Aurenga. Wrote for a society where patronage was the rule. Poetry governed by strict conventions as regards rhyme and metre. Music very important. Poets were usually composers as well and set their poems to music.
Society destroyed by the Albigensian Crusade (first part of the thirteenth century). Many southern lords destroyed or......
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