The World of the Troubadours
Download or Read eBook The World of the Troubadours PDF written by Linda M. Paterson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-10-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Linda M. Paterson |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 388 |
| Release | : 1995-10-05 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0521558328 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780521558327 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The World of the Troubadours by : Linda M. Paterson
Book excerpt: 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. 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 that lay behind the poetic mystique. For historians it opens up an important and neglected area of medieval Europe.
