Mapping medieval identities in Occitanian Crusade song / Rachel May Golden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golden, Rachel May, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Troubadour songs--History and criticism.

Troubadour songs.

Songs, Latin (Medieval and modern)--France, Southern.

Songs, Latin (Medieval and modern).

Crusades--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Crusades.

Songs, Occitan--500-1400--History and criticism.

Songs, Occitan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

In medieval Occitania (southern France), troubadours and monastic creators fostered a vibrant musical culture. In response to the early Crusade campaigns of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, Christians of the region turned to producing monophonic, poetic song, encompassing both secular and sacred genres. These works assert shifting regional identities and worldviews, exploring devotional practices and religious beliefs, overlaid with notions of contemporaneous geopolitics and secular, intellectual interests. This text demonstrates the profound impact the Crusades had on two seemingly discrete musical-poetic practices: the Latin, sacred Aquitanian versus, associated with Christian devotion, and the vernacular troubadour lyric, associated with courtly love.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 14, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-094864-7

0-19-094862-0