. Mediæval and modern history . , r or Laiigue dOc, the tongue of southernFrance and of the ad-joining regions of Spainand Italy; and theother French proper,or Languc dOil, thelanguage of northernFrance. About the begin-ning of the twelfthcentury, by whichtime the Provencaltongue had becomesettled and somewhatpolished, literature in France first began to find a voice in the songsof the Troubadours, the poets of the South. It is instructive tonote that it was the home of the Albigensian heresy, the landthat had felt the influence of every Mediterranean civiliza-tion, that was also the home of t
. Mediæval and modern history . , r or Laiigue dOc, the tongue of southernFrance and of the ad-joining regions of Spainand Italy; and theother French proper,or Languc dOil, thelanguage of northernFrance. About the begin-ning of the twelfthcentury, by whichtime the Provencaltongue had becomesettled and somewhatpolished, literature in France first began to find a voice in the songsof the Troubadours, the poets of the South. It is instructive tonote that it was the home of the Albigensian heresy, the landthat had felt the influence of every Mediterranean civiliza-tion, that was also the home of the Troubadour literature. Thecounts of Toulouse, the protectors of the heretics, were also thepatrons of the poets. It was, as we have intimated, the samefierce persecution which uprooted the heretical faith that stilledthe songs of the Fig. 41. I\ THE Land of the Troubadours — THE Castle of Foix. (From Smith, TIic Troubadours at Home) § 219] THE TROUVEURS 203 The compositions of the Troubadours were, for the most part,love songs and satires. Among the countless minstrels of theSouth were some who acquired a fame which was spread through-out Christendom. The verses of the Troubadours were sung inevery land, and to their stimulating influence the early poetry ofalmost every people of Europe is largely indebted. 219. The Trouveiirs. These were the poets of northernFrance, who composed in the Langue dOil, or Old French flourished during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Asthe Troubadours of the South found worthy patrons in the countsof Toulouse, so did the Trouveurs of the North find admiring en-couragers in the dukes of Normandy. There was, however, a wide difference between the literatureof southern and that of northern France. The compositions ofthe Troubadours were almost exclusively lyric songs,
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