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... troubadour poetry ? " and " How is it that the overtly earthly troubadours , who spoke of the sexual delights that awaited them in their ladies ' chambers , could seriously espouse a doctrine that denounced the importance of the flesh ...
... troubadour poetry ? " and " How is it that the overtly earthly troubadours , who spoke of the sexual delights that awaited them in their ladies ' chambers , could seriously espouse a doctrine that denounced the importance of the flesh ...
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... TROUBADOURS History The first troubadour of note was William IX , Duke of Aquitaine ( 1071-1127 ) . Returning from the Crusades , where he had proved anything but a success , he took up a new craft : composing songs and poems of love ...
... TROUBADOURS History The first troubadour of note was William IX , Duke of Aquitaine ( 1071-1127 ) . Returning from the Crusades , where he had proved anything but a success , he took up a new craft : composing songs and poems of love ...
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Bernard I. Murstein. Poetry of the Troubadours The troubadour typically expressed himself via the chanson , a love song with a melody usually created especially for the poem . While initially its form varied , it almost always had a ...
Bernard I. Murstein. Poetry of the Troubadours The troubadour typically expressed himself via the chanson , a love song with a melody usually created especially for the poem . While initially its form varied , it almost always had a ...
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