The World of the Troubadours
Subtitle: Medieval Occitan Society, c.1100c.1300
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 27, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780521558327
Subjects: European history: c 500 to c 1500; c 1000 CE to c 1500; History: World; History; History - General History; Europe; Europe - General; Medieval; History / Europe / General; History / Medieval; History-Europe - General; Provencal poetry - Social aspects - France, S; Provencal poetry - Social aspects - France, Southern
First sentence: northern French romance writers, the troubadours are little stirred by the mythical Orient. Within Christendom, they have a rather clear sense of regional identity.