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The troubadours

The troubadours

by Francis Hueffer

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Author
Hueffer, Francis, 1845-1889
Title
The troubadours : A history of Provençal life and literature in the middle ages
Original Publication
London: Chatto & Windus, 1878.
Credits
Tim Lindell, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
PC: Language and Literatures: Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Provençal poetry -- History and criticism
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77644
Release Date
January 7, 2026
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE TROUBADOURS
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.PART I. GENERAL
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. THE LANGUE D’OC.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. EARLY POPULAR EPICS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. THE ARTISTIC EPIC.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. OTHER NARRATIVE AND DIDACTIC POEMS.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. APOCRYPHA.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. SOCIAL POSITION OF PROVENÇAL POETS.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. THE JOGLAR.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. TRACES OF POPULAR SONG IN THE POETRY OF THE TROUBADOURS.—THE PASTORELA.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. OTHER POPULAR FORMS.—THE ALBA AND SERENA.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. THE BALADA.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. ARTIFICIAL FORMS OF POETRY.—THE SESTINA.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XII. THE TENSO.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. THE SIRVENTES.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. THE CANZO.
  19. 19.PART II. BIOGRAPHICAL
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. GUILLEM DE CABESTANH.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. PEIRE VIDAL.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. BERTRAN DE BORN.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. BERTRAN AND RICHARD COUNT OF POITOU.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. SIEGE OF AUTAFORT—BERTRAN’S DEATH.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THE MONK OF MONTAUDON.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. THE REFORMATION OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. THE EPIC OF THE CRUSADE.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. FOLQUET OF MARSEILLES.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. GUILLEM FIGUEIRA AND PEIRE CARDINAL.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. LADIES AND LADY TROUBADOURS.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. BEATRICE DE DIE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. THE COURTS OF LOVE.
  33. 33.PART III. TECHNICAL
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ORIGIN OF RHYME.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. RHYTHM.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. RHYME.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. THE STANZA.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. SOME INTERLINEAR VERSIONS. — I. CANZO BY GUILLEM DE CABESTANH. — II. IDYLL BY MARCABRUN. — II. IDYLL BY MARCABRUN.
  39. 39.FOOTNOTES

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