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Gregory Bechada
The ''Canso d'Antioca'' is a late twelfth-century Occitan epic poem in the form of a '' chanson de geste'' describing the First Crusade up to the Siege of Antioch (1098). It survives only in a single manuscript fragment of 707 alexandrines, now preserved in Madrid.Sweetenham, 2.Macé, 145. The ''Canso'' was a reworking of a lost earlier Occitan epic history of the First Crusade written by one Gregory Bechada and commissioned by Bishop Eustorge of Limoges probably between 1106 and 1118.Paterson, 84. Being based partially on eyewitness testimony, the ''Canso'' is as a source for the Occitan participation at Antioch. It emphasises the feats of the knights of southern France and southern Italy, especially Gouffier de Lastours and the Normans under Bohemond of Taranto. In its completed form it may have also told the story of Count Raymond IV of Toulouse, but he is not mentioned in the surviving fragment. The ''Canso'' also served as the literary model for the early thirteenth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MS Page Of Canso D'Antioca
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Bohemond I Of Antioch
Bohemond I of Antioch (5 or 7 March 1111), also known as Bohemond of Taranto, was the prince of Taranto from 1089 to 1111 and the prince of Antioch from 1098 to 1111. He was a leader of the First Crusade, leading a contingent of Normans on the quest eastward. Knowledgable about the Byzantine Empire through earlier campaigns with his father, he was the most experienced military leader of the crusade. Early life Childhood and youth Bohemond was the son of Robert Guiscard, Count of Apulia and Calabria, and his first wife, Alberada of Buonalbergo. He was born between 1050 and 1058—in 1054 according to historian John Julius Norwich. He was baptised Mark, possibly because he was born at his father's castle at San Marco Argentano in Calabria. He was nicknamed Bohemond after a legendary giant. His parents were related within the degree of kinship that made their marriage invalid under canon law. In 1058, Pope Nicholas II strengthened existing canon law against consanguinity and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occitan Literature
Occitan literature (referred to in older texts as Provençal literature) is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France. It was the first literature in a Romance language and inspired the rise of vernacular literature throughout medieval Europe. Occitan literature's Golden Age was in the 12th century, when a rich and complex body of lyrical poetry was produced by troubadours writing in Old Occitan, which still survives to this day. Although Catalan is considered by some a variety of Occitan, this article will not deal with Catalan literature, which started diverging from its Southern French counterpart in the late 13th century. Introduction Occitan literature started in the 11th century in several centres. It gradually spread from there, first over the greater portion (though not the whole) of southern France, into what is now the north of Italy and into Spain (Catalonia, Galicia, Castile), and Portugal. In its rise Occitan literature stands completely by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran Conquista De Ultramar
The ''Gran conquista de Ultramar'' ('Great Conquest Beyond the Sea') is a late 13th-century Castilian chronicle of the Crusades for the period 1095–1271. It is a work of compilation, translation and prosification of Old French and Old Occitan sources, mixing historical material with legends drawn from the epic ''chansons de geste''. It was produced under royal patronage by Sancho IV and probably his father, Alfonso X. It was translated into Catalan and Galician-Portuguese. It survives in four manuscripts and received its ''editio princeps'' (first edition) in 1503. Manuscripts and editions Although the title ''Gran conquista de Ultramar'' ('Great Conquest of Outremer' or 'Great Conquest Beyond the Sea') is conventional, the work also appears in the manuscripts under the titles ''Grant estoria de Ultramar'' or ''Estoria mayor de Ultramar'' ('Great History of Outremer'). It survives partially in four manuscripts: *Madrid, BNE ms 1187 *Madrid, BNE ms 1920 *Madrid, BNE ms 2454 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
