30 events with tag "troubadour"
1100
ID: 5265
William IX of Aquitaine begins composing troubadour poetry - grandfather of Eleanor, creates first known vernacular love lyrics in Occitan
ID: 5265
1100
ID: 5286
Occitan becomes literary language - troubadour poetry makes langue d'oc the language of refined culture across southern Europe
ID: 5286
1101
ID: 5266
William IX returns from disastrous crusade - writes bawdy and satirical songs, invents 'fin'amor' (refined love) tradition
ID: 5266
1110
ID: 5267
Troubadour culture flourishes in Aquitaine - William IX establishes courts of love, patronizes poets, creates new art form
ID: 5267
1120
ID: 5293
Troubadour poetic forms established - canso (love song), sirventes (political), alba (dawn song), pastorela (pastoral), tenso (debate)
ID: 5293
1130
ID: 5268
Marcabru becomes troubadour - 'dark style' poet criticizes courtly love as adultery, fierce moral stance
ID: 5268
1130
ID: 5294
Fin'amor concept developed - 'refined love' as spiritual improvement through desire, love as source of virtue and courtesy
ID: 5294
1140
ID: 5288
Troubadours revolutionize concept of love - create idea of romantic love as ennobling force, individual choice over arranged marriage
ID: 5288
1140
ID: 5295
Troubadours develop 'joi' concept - complex emotion combining joy and suffering, ecstasy through unfulfilled desire
ID: 5295
1147
ID: 5269
Jaufre Rudel creates 'amor de lonh' (distant love) - falls in love with Countess of Tripoli without meeting her, dies in her arms on crusade
ID: 5269
1150
ID: 5270
Bernart de Ventadorn at Eleanor's court - greatest troubadour lyricist, perfects canso form, possibly Eleanor's lover
ID: 5270
1150
ID: 5287
Troubadour melodies preserved - about 250 melodies survive with notation, complex musical forms accompany poetry
ID: 5287
1150
ID: 5296
Mezura becomes troubadour ideal - moderation, self-control, proper courtesy essential to refined lover
ID: 5296
1152
ID: 5271
Eleanor of Aquitaine patronizes troubadours - after marrying Henry II, spreads Occitan culture to England and northern France
ID: 5271
1160
ID: 5272
Countess of Die composes cansos - most famous trobairitz (female troubadour), writes passionate love songs from woman's perspective
ID: 5272
1165
ID: 5273
Chrétien de Troyes writes first Arthurian romances - transforms troubadour ideals into narrative, creates Lancelot and Grail stories
ID: 5273
1170
ID: 5274
Courts of Love at Poitiers - Eleanor and daughter Marie de Champagne preside, codify rules of courtly love, judge love disputes
ID: 5274
1170
ID: 5289
Troubadour influence creates Minnesinger tradition - German courts adapt courtly love poetry, Walther von der Vogelweide emerges
ID: 5289
1173
ID: 5277
Death of Raimbaut d'Aurenga - innovative troubadour who pushed boundaries of form, combined trobar clus and trobar leu styles
ID: 5277
1175
ID: 5275
Bertran de Born stirs rebellion - warrior-troubadour's songs encourage Young King Henry against father, master of sirventes (political songs)
ID: 5275
1180
ID: 5276
Arnaut Daniel perfects 'trobar clus' - hermetic style of difficult, complex poetry, later praised by Dante as 'il miglior fabbro'
ID: 5276
1190
ID: 5279
Richard Lionheart as troubadour - English king composes songs in Occitan and French, legend of troubadour Blondel finding him
ID: 5279
1195
ID: 5280
Peire Vidal's mad adventures - eccentric troubadour dresses in wolf skin for lady named Louve (she-wolf), nearly killed by dogs
ID: 5280
1209
ID: 5281
Albigensian Crusade begins destroying troubadour culture - northern French attack Occitan lands, courts destroyed, patrons killed
ID: 5281
1209
ID: 5282
July 1209
Massacre at Béziers - 'Kill them all, God will know his own' - troubadour courts annihilated, Occitan culture suppressed
ID: 5282
1220
ID: 5283
Troubadour diaspora - surviving troubadours flee to Italy and Spain, influence Dante and dolce stil novo
ID: 5283
1220
ID: 5290
Sicilian School founded - Emperor Frederick II, influenced by troubadours, creates first Italian vernacular poetry school
ID: 5290
1229
ID: 5284
Treaty of Paris ends Albigensian Crusade - Languedoc subjugated, Inquisition established, troubadour tradition effectively ended
ID: 5284
1250
ID: 5292
Troubadour legacy transforms Europe - concept of romantic love, women's elevation, individual emotion becomes permanent in Western culture
ID: 5292
1310
ID: 5291
Dante honors troubadours in Divine Comedy - Arnaut Daniel speaks Occitan in Purgatorio, Bertran de Born appears in Inferno
ID: 5291