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.
Peire Cardenal, a powerful 13th-century troubadour voice for MGTOW & gender justice, opposed domestic violence and men’s abasement in courtly love. … Read the post Peire Cardenal: thirteenth-century troubadour MGTOW
The gift of farting promotes health and well-being. Gynocentric society shames men’s natural bodily functioning to the detriment of women and men. … Read the post the gift of farting: affirming natural bodily functioning
Perversely responding to gender injustice in love, medieval troubadour Peire Cardenal advocated strict gender equality inconsistent with Christian love. … Read the post an impious medieval man’s response to gender injustice
Some men distrust all women. Medieval love poetry helps to explain that problem. It can be overcome with sympathy and work for social justice. … Read the post sympathetically understanding why some men distrust all women
Medieval men’s dreams attests to enduring hope for gender justice amid men-abasing gynocentric norms of courtly love and contempt for men’s lives. … Read the post “I had a dream”: medieval imagining of gender justice