Medievalists.net » Troubadours http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 19:35:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Troubadours, Part II: Ladies in Love http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/05/troubadours-part-ii-ladies-love/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/05/troubadours-part-ii-ladies-love/#comments Thu, 05 Feb 2015 15:22:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55926 Like many people – if not most – I had heard about the troubadours, but I had no idea that the tradition included women.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/05/troubadours-part-ii-ladies-love/feed/ 0 The Troubadours, Part I: Sad Songs Say So Much http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/29/troubadours-part-sad-songs-say-much/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/29/troubadours-part-sad-songs-say-much/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2015 16:42:19 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=55751 The height of their popularity was in the 12th-13th Centuries, and they wrote songs about people, politics, and religion, but most of all, love. Let’s take five minutes to talk about troubadours.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/01/29/troubadours-part-sad-songs-say-much/feed/ 0 Caught in Love’s Grip: Passion and Moral Agency in French Courtly Romance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:06:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=51801 French royal courts in the late twelfth century were absolutely smitten with love. Troubadaours traveled from place to place reciting stories of knights and the ladies they wooed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/08/12/caught-loves-grip-passion-moral-agency-french-courtly-romance/feed/ 0 Analyzing History: Bertran de Born – Innocent Poet or Inciter of Revolt http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/analyzing-history-bertran-de-born-innocent-poet-inciter-revolt/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/analyzing-history-bertran-de-born-innocent-poet-inciter-revolt/#comments Sun, 23 Feb 2014 01:18:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47825 While words are powerful tools that can invoke emotions ranging from jubilation to revulsion, could they be the cause of a rebellion against Henry II of England by his children and wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine? Could the words of a mere troubadour drive the revolt of a family against their king?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/22/analyzing-history-bertran-de-born-innocent-poet-inciter-revolt/feed/ 0 A ‘Game of Words’: Why were ‘Insult tensos’ Performed in Occitan Courts? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/a-game-of-words-why-were-insult-tensos-performed-in-occitan-courts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/a-game-of-words-why-were-insult-tensos-performed-in-occitan-courts/#comments Mon, 03 Feb 2014 01:47:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47263 What was the purpose of insulting, aggressive exchanges between nobles and joglars/troubadours in the Occitan courts?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/02/a-game-of-words-why-were-insult-tensos-performed-in-occitan-courts/feed/ 0 Women in Troubadour Song: Of the Comtessa and the Vilana http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/30/women-in-troubadour-song-of-the-comtessa-and-the-vilana/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/30/women-in-troubadour-song-of-the-comtessa-and-the-vilana/#comments Sun, 30 Dec 2012 19:19:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38405 Since we have melodies for both songs, the question of what “feminine” voices we are hearing is a musi- cal as well as a poetic issue.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/12/30/women-in-troubadour-song-of-the-comtessa-and-the-vilana/feed/ 0 From Jongleur to Minstrel: The Professionalization of Secular Musicians in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century Paris http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/22/from-jongleur-to-minstrel-the-professionalization-of-secular-musicians-in-thirteenth-and-fourteenth-century-paris/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/22/from-jongleur-to-minstrel-the-professionalization-of-secular-musicians-in-thirteenth-and-fourteenth-century-paris/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:09:01 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35876 This study asks: how did jongleurs professionalize over the course of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and incorporate themselves into society as legitimate, productive members?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/09/22/from-jongleur-to-minstrel-the-professionalization-of-secular-musicians-in-thirteenth-and-fourteenth-century-paris/feed/ 0 “Los motz e.l so”: Words, Melody, and Their Interaction in the Songs of Folquet de Marseille http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/26/los-motz-e-l-so-words-melody-and-their-interaction-in-the-songs-of-folquet-de-marseille/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/26/los-motz-e-l-so-words-melody-and-their-interaction-in-the-songs-of-folquet-de-marseille/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:04:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35130 In this dissertation I delve into the songs of the late twelfth-century troubadour Folquet de Marseille whose thirteen songs surviving with their melodies provide a varied collection of a suitable size to permit intensive analysis of poetic and musical compositional practices and the interactions between the two.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/26/los-motz-e-l-so-words-melody-and-their-interaction-in-the-songs-of-folquet-de-marseille/feed/ 0 The Myth of the Anglo-Saxon Oral Poet http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-myth-of-the-anglo-saxon-oral-poet/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-myth-of-the-anglo-saxon-oral-poet/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 20:19:18 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33804 There are at least two reasons why the search for the Anglo-Saxon oral poet is worth reopening. To begin with, current thinking about oral poetry and poetics in the Anglo-Saxon period has been indelibly stamped by the classic Parry/Lord thesis, well known in its evolution from the 1950s to more recent years,

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/15/the-myth-of-the-anglo-saxon-oral-poet/feed/ 0 Transposition of Stanzas in Mediaeval Poetry, a Method of Analysis: Poems VII and X of Arnaut Daniel http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/14/transposition-of-stanzas-in-mediaeval-poetry-a-method-of-analysis-poems-vii-and-x-of-arnaut-daniel/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/07/14/transposition-of-stanzas-in-mediaeval-poetry-a-method-of-analysis-poems-vii-and-x-of-arnaut-daniel/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:41:21 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=33782 A valid alternative is to attempt to understand the reason for the existence of the different versions and to use this knowledge in the choice of a version.

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