Events Tagged: "Occitan"

William IX of Aquitaine begins composing troubadour poetry - grandfather of Eleanor, creates first known vernacular love lyrics in Occitan

Occitan becomes literary language - troubadour poetry makes langue d'oc the language of refined culture across southern Europe

Troubadour culture flourishes in Aquitaine - William IX establishes courts of love, patronizes poets, creates new art form

Treaty of Paris ends Albigensian Crusade - Languedoc subjugated, Inquisition established, troubadour tradition effectively ended

Dante honors troubadours in Divine Comedy - Arnaut Daniel speaks Occitan in Purgatorio, Bertran de Born appears in Inferno