Troubadour

were written in prose to describe how two lovers overcome difficulties before they were eventually united. A similar experience was faced by the knights of the Middle Ages and was immortalized by romances narrated in verse and distributed by the troubadours throughout Western Europe about ten centuries later. And, in England, a group of poets came to revive the spirit of the knights of those romances and dominated the literary scene in the nineteenth century when they countered the rationality established

A Maid of Christ - Medieval Literature A Maid of Christ is a didactic poem written in the early 13th century by Brother Thomas of Hales. In this poem, the narrator, a troubadour of the romantic court, is responding to a nun who asked for recommendation for the best man she could marry, and he responds by writing about the significance of God and that she should marry Christ. In the poem, the four strains of thought, courtly love, disordered love, asceticism, and the bible influence the poem.

"burned with an ardent passion for the maid" (Duby 6). She however was only fifteen and had never met Louis before her father betrothed her to him. The young couple soon had a daughter, Marie, much to the dismay of the king who wanted a male heir (Troubadour). The two lived in the time of the Crusades, and it was Louisís wish, being a highly religious man, to go on a Crusade of his own. With Bernard of Clairvauxís urging, Louis decided after the fall of Edessa, that he would embark on a Crusade to rid

​ Life in the Middle Ages revolved around the Church, which was the Roman Catholic. So, we can imagine early music was pretty much from church. Every morning at 9 o’clock was Mass, a significant ceremony done to commemorate the Last Supper. At this church service, the music was the Gregorian Chant. The Gregorian chant is performed in the Latin language, unison voice and accompanied by no instruments which was believed that the text of the song which carried the divine message from God was more important

written that are still decipherable in any notation and where developed by French noblemen called troubadours and trouveres, although they may have been active as early as the 12th century. A prominent example of one such person is theologist Henri de Malines. The 12th and 13th centuries were a changing time for the world. Knights where gaining fame as musical poets, and even women were acting as troubadours. For the masses, traveling minstrels called jongleurs came into existence as early as the 12th

Middle Ages Art and Music Pertinence to Literature Medieval Times directly follow the period of the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages are recalled as unwieldy times. After the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages raised themselves up against odds to be a time of elegance and class. Not only was the sophistication of the age can be seen being altered in the specific expressions of music and art. The art and music within the Middle Ages brought sophistication, elegance, refinement, and new ideas into the world through

The Golden Age of the English lute came during the 16th century; a time filled with freedom, humanism, and the rapid rebirth of the world’s culture. The Renaissance was a liberating era in which the classes started to fall and musicians started to gain more importance in society. Religious beliefs started spreading and transforming into new ideas, such as humanism: the belief that human life is more valuable than any divine spirit. Society was changing and in order to stay with the fads of music

Eleanor of Aquitaine was born in 1122, either at Bordeaux or nearby the Castle of Belin. She was the daughter of Mr. Future William X of Aquitaine and his wife Aenor of Chattellerault. Eleanor was the granddaughter of the Duke of Aquitaine, known as William IX. Eleanor was a major figure in the middle ages she was the most powerful woman in the 12th-century in Europe.1 Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most influential women in the history of Europe, she is the queen of both England and France

considered to be medieval lyric poets; however, Beatrice was a medieval lyric poet from France and they are known as troubadour. Beatrice just so happened to be apart of southern France’s trobairitz which was just a tribute to some of the best troubadour of their time. She was married to the Count of Viennois, Guilhem de Poitiers but she was having an affair with another troubadour who went by the name Raimbaut d’Orange and their poetic style was quite similar. However, when it comes to Heinrich von

Chivalry is a code of conduct which began in the middle ages, 449-1485. The mannerism was based on a foundation of common morals and how to hold oneself socially then flourished into numerous different aspects of life such as war and courtly love. Chivalry was then infiltrated into the military and became a phenomenon among knights and how they should behave themselves in and out of war. Chivalry and courtly love were practiced by nobility then trickled down to the working class where they began