Joyos de Tolosa (probably late 13th century), whose first named is also spelled Joios, was a

troubadour A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...

from

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

(also ''Toloza'' or ''Tholosa''). He has left behind only one ''

pastorela The ''pastorela'' (, "little/young shepherdess") was an Occitan lyric genre used by the troubadours. It gave rise to the Old French ''pastourelle''. The central topic was always the meeting of a knight with a shepherdess, which could lead to any ...

'', "L'autr' ier el dous tems de Pascor", in which he names himself as the author. It is three ''

coblas A ''cobla esparsa'' ( literally meaning "scattered stanza") in Old Occitan is the name used for a single-stanza poem in troubadour poetry. They constitute about 15% of the troubadour output, and they are the dominant form among late (after 1220) au ...

'' in length and mirrors the poem "Lantelm, qui·us onra ni·us acuoill" by

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 ...

in structure. Joyos' knight compains to the shepherdess (''pastorela'') of the mistreatment he receives at the hands of his lady (''dompna'').

Sources

* Jeanroy, Alfred (1934). ''La poésie lyrique des troubadours''. Toulouse: Privat. *Monson, Don A
"The Troubadour's Lady Reconsidered Again."
'' Speculum'', 70:2 (Apr., 1995), pp. 255–274. Musicians from Toulouse 13th-century French troubadours Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown Writers from Toulouse {{France-singer-stub