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.
Along with much other evidence, medieval women trouvères themselves attest to women’s strong, independent sexuality. In counterpart, men gender-protested. … Read the post medieval counterparts to women’s strong, independent sexuality
Ignaure, a medieval French lay, narrates women imposing constraints on men’s sexuality, leading to castration & death. Choice for men is a more loving way. … Read the post Ignaure & castration: against women imprisoning men in love
Medieval wisdom: women love jerks, but regret not loving men who truly loved them. For women’s sake, men who truly love them should act like jerks. … Read the post about jerks: women’s regrets for men who truly loved them
Medieval texts include parodic liturgy centered on drinking and gambling, and parodic protest songs emphasizing women’s flesh-and-blood bodily reality. … Read the post medieval parodies encompassed sacred liturgy and even women
Dante put troubadour / bishop Folquet de Marseille (Folco) in paradise’s third sphere of Venus & lovers. Rahab the prostitute was the brightest star there. … Read the post Dante’s Folquet de Marseille praised Rahab in paradise