The world of the troubadours :
Paterson, Linda M.
The world of the troubadours : medieval Occitan society, c. 1100-c. 1300 / Linda M. Paterson. - Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xii, 367 p. : ill. , map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-355) and index.
Introduction: Occitan identity and self-perception -- Occitan 'feudalism' -- Knights and non-knightly combatants -- The knight and chivalry -- Courts and courtiers -- Peasants -- Towns -- Doctors and medicine -- Women -- Children -- Clergy, heretics and inquisitors. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Occitania, known today as the 'south of France', had its own language and culture in the Middle Ages. Its troubadours created 'courtly love' and a new poetic language in the vernacular, which were to influence European literature for centuries; and its Cathar heretics were the first victims of the Inquisition. There are many books on the troubadours, but this is the first comprehensive study of the society in which they lived. For readers of literature it offers a wide-ranging insight into the realities which lay behind the poetic mystique. For historians it opens up an important and neglected area of medieval Europe, comparable to France, Germany and Catalonia, drawing on sources not readily accessible to those without specialist linguistic and literary expertise. It addresses issues important to specialists, such as the nature of feudalism, knighthood, medieval courts and the family, but it is also written for the reader interested more generally in the Middle Ages or Occitan culture. Some chapters have a particular relevance to women's studies and the history of medicine. The author adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, combining a synthesis of extensive recent work of European and North American scholars with her own original research.
0521352401
92037723
GB93-55421
Proven�cal poetry--Social aspects--France, Southern.
Literature and society--History.--France, Southern
Troubadours.
France, Southern--Social life and customs.
France--Social life and customs--To 1328.
France, Southern--Social life and customs.
France--Social life and customs--To 1328.
Social conditions History, 987-1328 France
PC3308 / .P33 1993
849/.1109
The world of the troubadours : medieval Occitan society, c. 1100-c. 1300 / Linda M. Paterson. - Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xii, 367 p. : ill. , map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-355) and index.
Introduction: Occitan identity and self-perception -- Occitan 'feudalism' -- Knights and non-knightly combatants -- The knight and chivalry -- Courts and courtiers -- Peasants -- Towns -- Doctors and medicine -- Women -- Children -- Clergy, heretics and inquisitors. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.
Occitania, known today as the 'south of France', had its own language and culture in the Middle Ages. Its troubadours created 'courtly love' and a new poetic language in the vernacular, which were to influence European literature for centuries; and its Cathar heretics were the first victims of the Inquisition. There are many books on the troubadours, but this is the first comprehensive study of the society in which they lived. For readers of literature it offers a wide-ranging insight into the realities which lay behind the poetic mystique. For historians it opens up an important and neglected area of medieval Europe, comparable to France, Germany and Catalonia, drawing on sources not readily accessible to those without specialist linguistic and literary expertise. It addresses issues important to specialists, such as the nature of feudalism, knighthood, medieval courts and the family, but it is also written for the reader interested more generally in the Middle Ages or Occitan culture. Some chapters have a particular relevance to women's studies and the history of medicine. The author adopts a multi-disciplinary approach, combining a synthesis of extensive recent work of European and North American scholars with her own original research.
0521352401
92037723
GB93-55421
Proven�cal poetry--Social aspects--France, Southern.
Literature and society--History.--France, Southern
Troubadours.
France, Southern--Social life and customs.
France--Social life and customs--To 1328.
France, Southern--Social life and customs.
France--Social life and customs--To 1328.
Social conditions History, 987-1328 France
PC3308 / .P33 1993
849/.1109