There were three troubadours named Isarn or Izarn, and who are difficult to distinguish completely today. The first has no surname and composed two ''

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s'' with Rofian (or Rofin) around 1240. He has been confounded with the inquisitor Isarn. Isarn Marques (or Marquès) wrote a ''

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'' addressed to either

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, entitled ''S'ieu fos''. It may have been composed around 1250. It has the same metre and

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as were used in poems by

Aimeric de Sarlat Aimeric de Sarlat (fl. c. 1200) was a troubadour from Sarlat in the Périgord. According to his ''vida'' he rose by talent from the rank of jongleur to troubadour, but composed only one song. In fact, four ''cansos'' survive under his name. The ...

Elias d'Ussel Elias or Elyas d'Ussel or d'Uisel (fl. c. 1200) was a Limousin troubadour, the cousin of the three brothers Eble, Peire, and Gui, and co-castellan with them of the castle of Ussel-sur-Sarzonne, northeast of Ventadorn. According to Gui's ''vida'' ...

Henry II of Rodez Henry II (Occitan: ''Enric II de Rodés'') (c. 1236–1304), of the House of Millau, was the Count of Rodez and Viscount of Carlat from 1274 until his death. He was the son of Hugh IV of Rodez and Isabeau de Roquefeuil. Henry II was a troubadour ...

Gaucelm Faidit Gaucelm Faidit ( literally "Gaucelm the Dispossessed" c. 1156 – c. 1209) was a troubadour, born in Uzerche, in the Limousin, from a family of knights in service of the count of Turenne. He travelled widely in France, Spain, and Hungary. His ...

Lanfranc Cigala Lanfranc Cigala (or Cicala) ( it, Lanfranco, oc, Lafranc; fl. 1235–1257) was a Genoese nobleman, knight, judge, and man of letters of the mid thirteenth century. He remains one of the most famous Occitan troubadours of Lombardy. Thirty-two o ...

At de Mons N'At de Mons was a troubadour of the latter half of the thirteenth century. He was from Mons, near Toulouse. Kings James I of Aragon (1213–76)According to some authors, it was actually James' son Peter III (1276–87). At addresses him as "noble ...

Peire Cardenal Peire Cardenal (or Cardinal) (c. 1180 – c. 1278) was a troubadour (fl. 1204 – 1272) known for his satirical ''sirventes'' and his dislike of the clergy. Ninety-six pieces of his remain, a number rarely matched by other poets of the age.Aubrey, ...

Raimbaut de Vaqueiras __NOTOC__ Raimbaut de Vaqueiras or Vaqueyras ( fl. 1180 – 1207) was a Provençal troubadour and, later in his life, knight. His life was spent mainly in Italian courtsAmelia E. Van Vleck, ''The Lyric Texts'' p. 33, in ''Handbook of the Trou ...

Maria de Ventadorn Maria de Ventadorn (or Ventedorn) (french: Marie de Ventadour) was a patron of troubadour poetry at the end of the 12th century. Maria was one of ''las tres de Torena'', "the three of Turenne", the three daughters of viscount Raymond II of Turenne ...

, and an anonymous composer. Isarn Rizol (or Rizolz) wrote a ''canso'' dated to around 1250.

References

* Daunou, Pierre Claude François; Hauréau, Jean-Barthélemy (1838)
''Histoire littéraire de la France'', vol. XIX.
Paris: Firmin Didot. *Ganiere, Catherine C
"Women Troubadours in Southern France: Personal Character, Unhappiness and Revolting Against Conventions,"
(M.A. thesis),

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(December 2007). * Jeanroy, Alfred (1934). ''La poésie lyrique des troubadours''. Toulouse: Privat.

External links

Dictionnaire de l'occitan médiéval: Sigles I
{{Authority control 13th-century troubadours