num_pages: 398
description: Ardis Butterfield examines the relationship between the poetry and music of medieval France. Beginning when French song was first set into writing in the early thirteenth century, Butterfield describes the wide range of contexts in which secular songs were quoted and copied. Including narrative romances, satires and love poems, the book reveals the development of French song and narrative genres during a significant period of history.
language: English
title: Poetry and Music in Medieval France: From Jean Renart to Guillaume de Machaut
titlecomplete: Poetry and Music in Medieval France: From Jean Renart to Guillaume de Machaut (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature, Series Number 49)
genres: History
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Cambridge University Press