Bonifaci Calvo
Bonifaci, Bonifatz, or Bonifacio Calvo ( fl. 1253–1266) was a Genoese troubadour of the late thirteenth century. The only biographical account of (part of) his life is found in the '' vida'' of Bertolome Zorzi. He is, however, the most notable Genoese troubadour after Lanfranc Cigala.Egan, 16. In total, nineteen of his poems and two ''descorts'' have survived.Keller, 145. Bonifaci is known to have spent most of his career at the court of Alfonso X of Castile, where the prevailing language was Galician-Portuguese.Cabré, 128. He wrote primarily in Occitan, concentrating on ''sirventes'' in imitation of Bertran de Born, but he did take up the court language and wrote two '' cantigas de amor'' and a multilingual poem. He wrote one ''sirventes'' encouraging Alfonso to go to war with Henry III of England over Gascony, an event which provides a reliable date for the work's composition (1253–1254). Outside of ''sirventes'', he composed love songs in the style of Arnaut Da ...
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