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v. t. e. Medieval French literature is, for the purpose of this article, Medieval literature written in Oïl languages (particularly Old French and early Middle French) during the period from the eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. The material and cultural conditions in France and associated territories around the year 1100 ...
Provençal. Provençal ( / ˌprɒvɒ̃ˈsɑːl /, also UK: /- sæl /, [ 4] US: / ˌproʊ -, - vən -/; Occitan: provençau or prouvençau [pʀuvenˈsaw]) is a variety of Occitan, [ 5][ 6] spoken by people in Provence and parts of Drôme and Gard. The term Provençal used to refer to the entire Occitan language, but more recently it has referred ...
Frontispiece of the English version ( The New Life, D. G. Rossetti, 1899) La Vita Nuova ( pronounced [la ˈviːta ˈnwɔːva]; Italian for "The New Life") or Vita Nova (Latin title) is a text by Dante Alighieri published in 1294. It is an expression of the medieval genre of courtly love in a prosimetrum style, a combination of both prose and verse.
t. e. A troubadour ( English: / ˈtruːbədʊər, - dɔːr /, French: [tʁubaduʁ] ⓘ; Occitan: trobador [tɾuβaˈðu] ⓘ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word troubadour is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a trobairitz .
Phil Vassar is opening up about experiencing a heart attack and stroke which he says caused him to die twice. In a new interview with Taste of Country published on Thursday, Aug. 8, Vassar, 62 ...
Occitan literature (referred to in older texts as Provençal literature) is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France. It was the first literature in a Romance language and inspired the rise of vernacular literature throughout medieval Europe. Occitan literature's Golden Age was in the 12th century, when a rich and ...
Copa Santa. La Coupo Santo (The Holy Cup), in full La Cansoun de la Coupo (The song of the Cup) in original modern (or Mistralian) norm Provençal (in classical norm, La Copa Santa in full Lo Cant de la Copa Santa (The song of the Holy Cup) or La Cançon de la Copa (The Song of the Cup)) is considered the anthem of the Félibrige.
Franco-Provençal (also Francoprovençal, Patois or Arpitan) [ 2 ] is a language within the Gallo-Romance family, originally spoken in east-central France, western Switzerland and northwestern Italy . Franco-Provençal has several distinct dialects and is separate from but closely related to neighbouring Romance dialects (the langues d'oïl and ...