At de Mons
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N'At de Mons was a troubadour
of the latter half of the thirteenth century. He was from Mons
near Toulouse
. James I of Aragon
and Alfonso X of Castile
acted as his patrons and he addressed "La valors es grans e l'onors", a sirventes
on the rights of kings, to James, which survives. At is also credited as the author of "Sitot non es enquistz", an ensenhamen
comprising five letters, including three to James and one to Alfonso.
Troubadour
A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz....
of the latter half of the thirteenth century. He was from Mons
Mons, Haute-Garonne
Mons is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
near Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
. James I of Aragon
James I of Aragon
James I the Conqueror was the King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276...
and Alfonso X of Castile
Alfonso X of Castile
Alfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1252 until his death...
acted as his patrons and he addressed "La valors es grans e l'onors", a sirventes
Sirventes
The sirventes or serventes is a genre of Occitan lyric poetry used by the troubadours. In early Catalan it became a sirventesch and was imported into that language in the fourteenth century, where it developed into a unique didactic/moralistic type...
on the rights of kings, to James, which survives. At is also credited as the author of "Sitot non es enquistz", an ensenhamen
Ensenhamen
An ensenhamen was an Occitan didactic poem associated with the troubadours. As a genre of Occitan literature, its limits have been open to debate since it was first defined in the 19th century...
comprising five letters, including three to James and one to Alfonso.
External links
- "La valors es grans e l'onors" at Sundaysw.com
Sources
- Chaytor, H. J. (1912). The Troubadours. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Jeanroy, AlfredAlfred JeanroyAlfred Jeanroy was a French linguist.Jeanroy was born at Mangiennes, Meuse, Lorraine. He was a leading scholar studying troubadour poetry, publishing over 600 works. He established an influential view of the second generation of troubadours divided into two camps: “idealists” and “realists”...
(1934). La poésie lyrique des troubadours. Toulouse: Privat. - Snow, Joseph T. (1995). "The Iberian Peninsula." A Handbook of the Troubadours edd. F. R. P. Akehurst and Judith M. Davis. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 052-007-976-0.
- Cigni, F. (2001). "Il trovatore N'At de Mons di Tolosa." Studi Mediolatini e Volgari, XLVII, 251–273.