Linda Paterson 
Singing the Crusades [PDF ebook] 
French and Occitan Lyric Responses to the Crusading Movements, 1137-1336

A full-scale survey of crusading lyrics in Old French and Occitan.


The crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse mass of reactions in the medieval West. While Latin sources provide official versions of its preaching, organisation and events, the vernacular lyrics of the troubadours and trouvères present a secular perspective, through a cornucopia of on-the-spot responses in France, Occitania, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, Cyprus, Syria and Greece.

This book constitutes the first comprehensive, modern analysis of Old French and Occitan lyric texts relating to the crusades. It brings out their full range, from propaganda for the crusades, to criticisms of crusading and crusaders through vituperation, humour or cynicism, to their use as apretext for political or personal wrangling. It also shows how they shed light on many aspects of medieval life, among them chivalric and courtly values (often in tension with clerical ones), regional politics, sexual behaviour, personal experiences of crusading and captivity, the complex interaction of Christians, Greeks and Muslims, and bafflement in the face of failure and God’s imponderable purposes.


LINDA PATERSON is Professor Emerita, University of Warwick.

Daftar Isi

Introduction

Early Expeditions

After Damascus: Reconquest, Settlement and Pilgrimage

The Third Crusade [1187-1192]

The Aftermath of the Third Crusade

The Fourth Crusade and Aftermath

The Fifth Crusade, of Damietta, and the Albigensian Crusade

Frederick II and the Sixth Crusade

The ‘False Crusade’: The Albigensian war of 1224-1233

The Barons’ Crusade, or the Crusade of Thibaut de Champagne

The Seventh Crusade, or the First Crusade of Saint Louis

The Eighth Crusade, or the Second Crusade of Saint Louis

After Saint Louis

Conclusion

Appendix A. The Words to Say It: The Crusading Rhetoric of the Troubadours and Trouvères

Appendix B. Chronology of events and texts

Appendix C. Melodies attested in the manuscripts

Bibliography

Tentang Penulis

LINDA PATERSON is Professor Emerita at Warwick University.