HIST-308 Lecture 20: troubadour poets
17 Nov 2020
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The earliest troubadour poet whose works survive was william ix, the duke of aquitaine and count of poitou (1071 1126), and the grandfather of eleanor of aquitaine. Troubadours delighted in poking fun at their own works in this way. the bulk of their verse consists of genuine expressions of love and desire, longing and loneliness. She was born around 1140: stage plays were another strength of vernacular culture. Itinerant players were a frequent sight in medieval europe, traveling from town to town, even village to village. putting on productions of farces, musical pageants, and religious dramas. In fact, although the roots of western drama reach back to pagan athens. its development in europe was closely linked to that of the christian church. Since plays were not an official church ceremony, they did not need to be performed in latin. in any case it made better sense, given their pedagogical function, to have them in the vernacular.
