Name Giraut Bornelh | Died 1215 | |
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Books The cansos and sirventes of the troubadour Giraut de Borneil Similar People Peire Cardenal, Bernart de Ventadorn, Guiraut Riquier, Peire d'Alvernhe, Marcabru | ||
Giraut de bornelh non puesc sofrir
Giraut de Bornelh ([ɡiˈɾawd de buɾˈneʎ]; c. 1138 – 1215), whose first name is also spelled Guiraut and whose toponym as de Borneil or de Borneyll, was a troubadour connected to the castle of the viscount of Limoges. He is credited with the formalisation, if not the invention, of the "light" style, or trobar leu.
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- Giraut de bornelh non puesc sofrir
- Giraut de bornelh reis glorios verais lums e clartatz
- Biography
- Works
- References
Giraut de bornelh reis glorios verais lums e clartatz
Biography
Giraut was born to a lower-class family in the Limousin, probably in Bourney, near Excideuil in modern-day France. Guiraut might have accompanied Richard I of England and Aimar V of Limoges on the Third Crusade and stayed a while with the "good prince of Antioch", Bohemond III. He certainly made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but perhaps before the Crusade.
Works
About ninety of Giraut's poems and four of his melodies survive; these were held in high esteem in the 13th century: Petrarch called him "master of the troubadours", while Dante, who preferred Arnaut Daniel, mentions that many considered him superior. Notable pieces include:
