medieval women taught men about true love
True love between woman and man is incarnate reality of living embrace, not abstract reasoning or dreamy ideals. Medieval women taught men that. … Read the post medieval women taught men about true love
Trobairitz, along with men trobairitz (commonly known as troubadours) composed and sang poetic, lyric songs from the twelfth through fourteenth centuries mainly in Provence (southern France) in the Old Occitan language. Troubadours have been wrongly understood as exclusively proponents of men-abasing courtly love. Trobairitz and troubadour songs were in fact wide-ranging. They include trenchant works of men’s sexed protest, appreciation for men’s sexuality, and frank recognition of lower bodily functions.
The names of about 460 trobairitz and troubadours are known and about 2,500 of their songs (some with melodies) have survived. Scholars common refer to specific songs as PC (trobairitz/troubadour number),(song number of the that singer), according to the work of Alfred Pillet and Henry Carstens (PC), Bibliographie der Troubadours (1933). Trobairitz / troubadour songs are commonly titled by their first line.
True love between woman and man is incarnate reality of living embrace, not abstract reasoning or dreamy ideals. Medieval women taught men that. … Read the post medieval women taught men about true love
In medieval lyrics, women sang of their joy in loving men, whether under a linden or hazelnut tree, or waiting for their turn with a beloved man. … Read the post women’s joy in loving men in medieval lyrics
Medieval German lyric songs of Neidhart von Reuental critiqued courtly love with peasant scenes and also challenged medieval anti-meninism. … Read the post women resisting medieval anti-meninism in Neidhart’s songs
Amid gender injustices, hate isn’t inevitable. Medieval literature shows ways that God saves men from hating beloved women whom they feel have hurt them. … Read the post medieval insight: what prevents hate amid gender injustices
The historically prevalent alba (dawn song) isn’t moving today. A medieval Galician-Portuguese counter-alba provides a poetic form for our loveless time. … Read the post counter-alba: men’s love for women hastens dawning of new day