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.
Trobairitz Domna H. disparaging Rofin for denouncing rape & Agnes and Ermaline’s vicious abuse of Guilhem point to gender bias in understanding crimes. … Read the post trobairitz poetry shows gender bias in social construction of crimes
The trobairitz Castelloza actively sought men’s love. She rejected gender inequality & men’s gender obligations under the feudal ideology of courtly love. … Read the post trobairitz Castelloza against sexual feudalism & gender inequality
Guillelma de Rosers & Lanfranc Cigala’s 13th-century tenso “Na Guilielma, maint cavalier arratge” exemplifies a significant, influential change in chivalry. … Read the post misdirected chivalry in Guillelma de Rosers & Lanfranc Cigala’s tenso
Women protesting sumptuary laws have been much more effective than protests against infant male circumcision. Men should be allowed to wear their foreskins. … Read the post sumptuary laws & circumcision: gender in protest effectiveness
One gaze upon Medusa and a person would be killed, except if he’s brave and shrewd like Perseus. A trobairitz later affirmed that gazing saves lives. … Read the post male & female gaze: following Perseus against horror of Medusa