Chapter IV: Part II: Biographical
CHAPTER XV.
GUILLEM DE CABESTANH.
His Provençal biography 152
Discrepancies of other accounts 159
Historical identity of Guillem de Cabestanh 160
The origin of fictitious additions 160
The fatal canzo 161
The story of the eaten heart possibly of mythical origin 162
Morals and manners of medieval Provence 163
One of Guillem’s canzos 165
CHAPTER XVI.
PEIRE VIDAL.
His Provençal biography 169
His eccentricities 170
His love for Viscountess Azalais 171
His journey to Palestine 174
A canzo written during the journey 174
His love for Loba 176
‘Emperor of Greece’ 178
His friendship with King Alfonso 179
A crusader’s song by Peire 182
His death 183
CHAPTER XVII.
BERTRAN DE BORN.
A type of the warlike baron 184
Historic retrospect 185
Bertran’s attachment to Prince Henry of England 187
He instigates the Princes to rebellion against Henry II. 188
CHAPTER XVIII.
BERTRAN AND RICHARD COUNT OF POITOU.
The causes of their quarrel 191
Bertran’s brother Constantine 192
A sirventes by Bertran 193
His connection with the rebellion of Henry II.’s sons 195
Young Henry’s death 199
Bertran’s ‘Complaint’ 200
CHAPTER XIX.
SIEGE OF AUTAFORT—BERTRAN’S DEATH.
King Alfonso’s treachery 203
Fall of the castle 204
Bertran’s meeting with King Henry 204
His friendship with Richard Cœur de Lion 206
Bertran’s canzos 207
His love affairs 208
His death 211
CHAPTER XX.
THE MONK OF MONTAUDON.
His youth 213
His worldly life 214
His office at Puy Ste. Marie 215
His ‘likes and dislikes’ 215
His satires on women 218
His cynicism 220
His satire on the poets 222
CHAPTER XXI.
THE REFORMATION OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
Wide-spread heresy 228
Its chief seat in the South of France 229
The Albigeois and Vaudois 230
The Noble Lesson 232
Doctrines of the Albigenses 232
Great teachers amongst them 235
Noble converts to their sect 235
Raimon VI. of Toulouse 236
Pope Innocent III. his antagonist 236
The first crusade 239
Victory of the Church 239
CHAPTER XXII.
THE EPIC OF THE CRUSADE.
Its authorship 242
Discrepancies between the two parts 243
Description of Simon de Montfort’s death 245
Council of the Lateran 247
The Battle of Muret 249
CHAPTER XXIII.
FOLQUET OF MARSEILLES.
Most troubadours anti-Papal 254
Folquet’s birthplace 255
His love for Azalais 256
A canzo addressed to her 257
Her jealousy 258
Her death 260
He enters the order of Citeaux in consequence 260
His fanaticism 261
CHAPTER XXIV.
GUILLEM FIGUEIRA AND PEIRE CARDINAL.
Guillem Figueira ‘the hater of priests’ 263
His cynicism and love of low life 263
His sirventes against ‘Rome’ 264
Peire Cardinal represents a higher type 265
His life 265
His high moral tone and pessimism 266
A fable 266
His praise of Raimon VI. 268
His accusations of the priests 268
A theological sirventes 270
CHAPTER XXV.
LADIES AND LADY TROUBADOURS.
The lady of Provence 273
Her polite education 274
Her position in society 277
Eleanor, wife of Henry II., the patroness of Bernart de Ventadorn 279
The poems of lady troubadours subjective 282
CHAPTER XXVI.
BEATRICE DE DIE.
The representative lady troubadour 283
Her love for Rambaut of Orange 283
She imitates his style 284
Her tenso written in conjunction with Rambaut 286
Her song of resignation 288
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE COURTS OF LOVE.
Their fictitious character 291
Raynouard’s theory untenable 292
Andreas Capellanus 294
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