Bernart de Panassac (; fl. 1323–1333) was the minor lord (''donzel et seigneur'') of Arrouède and one of the last

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s. He was a founding member of the

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. He composed one ''vers'' (a metaphysical song) in honour of the

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and one ''

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''. His work was analysed in the ''Gloza'' of

Raimon de Cornet Raimon de Cornet (, also spelled ''Ramon de Cornet''; fl. 1324–1340) was a fourteenth-century Toulousain priest, friar, grammarian, poet, and troubadour. He was a prolific author of verse; more than forty of his poems survive, most in Occ ...

. He died after 23 December 1335 and before 23 January 1336 at Arrouède, having just been sentenced to a heavy fine by the ''Parlement'' of Paris for having instigated a series of murders and other crimes in the counties of

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and Astarac.Archives Nationales, Paris, X1a7, fol. 27v.

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Sources

* Jeanroy, Alfred. ''La poésie lyrique des troubadours''. Toulouse: Privat. 1934. *Thomas, Antoine. "Bernard de Panassac, un des fondateurs des Jeux Floraux". ''Annales du Midi'', 27/28 (1915/16), 37–51. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernart De Panassac 14th-century French troubadours 1330s deaths Year of birth unknown People from Gers