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The Trobairitz

The Trobairitz. The Origins of the Trobairitz. 1170 – 1260 Occitania Provençal Role of women. William IX, Duke of Aquitaine. Born October 22, 1071 First known Troubadour Popularized the use of vernacular Relationship with the Church Grandfather to Eleanor Died February 10, 1126.

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The Trobairitz

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  1. The Trobairitz

  2. The Origins of the Trobairitz • 1170 – 1260 • Occitania • Provençal • Role of women

  3. William IX, Duke of Aquitaine • Born October 22, 1071 • First known Troubadour • Popularized the use of vernacular • Relationship with the Church • Grandfather to Eleanor • Died February 10, 1126

  4. Fin’ Amors • Occitan Courts • Possible Influences • Arabic poetry • Classical Latin • Cult of the Virgin Mary • Love in Chivalric terms

  5. Women and Fin' Amors • Married, Noble Ladies • Venerated the Lady • Idealized love • Submissive • Possible Motives

  6. Who Are the Trobairitz? • Ladies of the courts • Patrons • Subjects of their male counterparts’ poems

  7. Tune by Countess of Dia

  8. Trobairitz and Troubadours Troubadours Trobairitz • Diverse social classes • Dukes and Knights • Lower classes • Took on personas • Defended ideals of fin’ amors • Symbolic value in their Ladies • Ladies • Subject of poems • Patrons • Wrote in 1st person singular • Skepticism about courtly love • Concrete understanding of their worth

  9. Types of Trobairitz Poetry • Chanson • Tenson • Sirventes

  10. Lives of the Trobairitz • Difficulties with histories • Vidas • Razos • Attribution and Manuscripts

  11. Countess of Dia • Most prolific surviving female troubadour • Beatrice? • Four chanson • Only surviving work with music • Betrayed lover • Keeps her pride • Ends with a warning

  12. Bieiris de Romans • Trobairitz writing about another woman • Unique in Occitan poetry • Possible interpretations

  13. Decline of the Trobairitz • Albigensian Crusade • Cathars and Waldensians • Heretical Poetry • Evolution of fin’ amors

  14. Gormonda de Monpeslier • Only Sirventes • 1226 – 1229 • Defends Albigensian Crusade

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