Peironet or Peyronet was a

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and

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(''juglar'' in contemporary records). "Peironet" is a diminutive of the

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name "Peire", meaning

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. He might be the same person as

Pere Salvatge Pere Salvatge or Peire/Peyre Salvagge was a Catalan troubadour of the late thirteenth century ( fl. 1280–1287). He is most notable as a constant attendant at the court of Peter III and Alfonso III of Aragon. He may be the same person as the ...

. He was travelling with the entourage of the ''

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, the heir to

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, in October 1268 at

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. He composed a ''

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'' with the ''infante'' discussing the war with the

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that Peter had waged from September to December that year. Peironet and another jongleur who does not participate in the poetic exchange, Arnaut ''tritxador'', were apparently carrying a message to the ''infante'' about the status of his father the king. In the ''tenso'' Peironet talks about ''armes i amors'', war and love, the two favourite themes of the troubadours. The song, the

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of which is ''Can vey En Peyronet ploran'' ("When Sir Peironet came crying"), consists of two stanzas by the heir and a two-stanza response from the messenger.

References

* Riquer, Martí de (1964). ''Història de la Literatura Catalana'', vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel. {{authority control People from Catalonia 13th-century Spanish troubadours