LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL WOMEN WRITERS
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poets from France and Italy
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men who wrote only in the mystical tradition
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the authors of conduct books
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heretics persecuted by the Church
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Detailed explanation-1: -The troubadours and trouvères were medieval poet-musicians who created one of the first repertories of vernacular song to be written down.
Detailed explanation-2: -The exact date of French trouvère (poet-musician) Adam de la Halle’s birth is unknown but is estimated to be in the year 1276, most likely in Arras. Also known as Adam le Bossu, he was probably educated at the Cistercian Abbey of Vaucelles for the priesthood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bernart de Ventadorn was one of the most famous troubadours in the 12th century. Bernart’s work is unique from other secular composers of the time because it has survived over the centuries. We now have 45 poems and 18 melodies, plus other fragments that are all credited to him.