Bernart de Panassac (;
fl.
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...
1323–1333) was the minor lord (''donzel et seigneur'') of
Arrouède and one of the last
troubadours. He was a founding member of the
Consistori del Gay Saber in
Toulouse. He composed one ''vers'' (a metaphysical song) in honour of the
Virgin Mary and one ''
canso''. His work was analysed in the ''Gloza'' of
Raimon de Cornet.
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
Armagnac and
Astarac
Astarac is a region in Gascony, a county in the Middle Ages. Astarac was formed as a county out of the partition of the Duchy of Gascony: following the death of García II Sánchez of Gascony, the duchy was partitioned between his sons, with Arno ...
.
[Archives Nationales, Paris, X1a7, fol. 27v.]
Notes
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.
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14th-century French troubadours
1330s deaths
Year of birth unknown
People from Gers