Pons de Monlaur
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Pons de Monlaur or Montlaur was a Provençal
baron and troubadour
of the early thirteenth century. He was the lord of Montlaux
and married Guida, sister of Hugh IV of Rodez
, in 1235. Hugh was a patron of troubadours and Pons had a connexion through his wife also to Sordello
, who addressed her in several poems under the senhals (epithets) N'Agradavit and Restaur. The French painter Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
, during a stay in Montlaux, collected the local oral history
and enjoyed retelling the legends of Pons de Montlaur.
Pons wrote "Qal preiatz mais.a ops d'amor", a partimen
with a poet called "Esperdut", probably Gui de Cavalhon
.
Provence
Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
baron and troubadour
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 early thirteenth century. He was the lord of Montlaux
Montlaux
Montlaux is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*...
and married Guida, sister of Hugh IV of Rodez
Hugh IV of Rodez
Hugh IV , of the House of Millau, was the Count of Rodez and Viscount of Carlat and Creyssel from 1221 until his death. He was the son of Henry I of Rodez and Algayette of Scorailles....
, in 1235. Hugh was a patron of troubadours and Pons had a connexion through his wife also to Sordello
Sordello
Sordello da Goito or Sordel de Goit was a 13th-century Lombard troubadour, born in the municipality of Goito in the province of Mantua...
, who addressed her in several poems under the senhals (epithets) N'Agradavit and Restaur. The French painter Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli was a French painter of the generation preceding the Impressionists.-Biography:Monticelli was born in Marseille in humble circumstances...
, during a stay in Montlaux, collected the local oral history
Oral history
Oral history is the collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews...
and enjoyed retelling the legends of Pons de Montlaur.
Pons wrote "Qal preiatz mais.a ops d'amor", a partimen
Partimen
The partimen is a genre of Occitan lyric poetry composed between two troubadours, a subgenre of the tenso or cobla exchange in which one poet presents a dilemma in the form of a question and the two debate the answer, each taking up a different side. It was especially popular in poetic contests....
with a poet called "Esperdut", probably Gui de Cavalhon
Gui de Cavalhon
Gui de Cavalhon, Cavaillo, or Gavaillo was a Provençal nobleman: a diplomat, warrior, and man of letters. He was probably also the Guionet who composed tensos and partimens with Cadenet, Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, Mainart Ros, Pomairol, and a certain Guillem.-Knight and nobleman:Gui was born at...
.
Sources
- 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. - Sordel: 437.24 at Rialto