Fidel Fajardo-Acosta

Poetry of the Medieval Troubadour, William IX of Aquitaine

The Songs that Built Europe

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Produktbeschreibung

An edition and study of the poetry of the first of the medieval European troubadours, this book claims William’s songs are cornerstones of the modern western mind and culture, but also reveal the deep-seated problems and instability of structures built on a foundation of love and freedom of desires.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9781666926934
• ISBN-10: 1666926930
• Artikelnr.: 67738954

Autorenporträt

Fidel Fajardo-Acosta is professor of English at Creighton University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Preface and Disclaimer
Introduction. William IX of Aquitaine, the Premodern and Postmodern
Conditions
William IX, First of the Moderns
The Dialectic of Unreason: Romans, Christians, and Germanic Barbarians
The New Subjects of Love
Traveling to the Past
Neither Past, Nor Other
Women, Wealth, and Power
Courtly Culture
The Divinity of Love: Dante as a Troubadour
Caveat Evangelista
Chapter 1. The Life of William IX of Aquitaine
Carolingian Period
Capetians, Church, and Empire
Aquitaine
William IX of Aquitaine
Crusade of 1101-1102
Robert d'Arbrissel
Anjou and Other Affairs
Two-Faced William
Chapter 2. The Songs of William IX
Manuscripts
Manuscript C
Manuscript D
Manuscript E
Manuscript I
Manuscript K
Manuscript N
Manuscript R
Manuscript V
Manuscript a1
Song 1: "Companho, farai ieu un vers covinen" (My friends, I will make a
proper song)
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