Rostanh or Rostaing Berenguier de Marselha was an early fourteenth-century

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 ...

and

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from

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

. He was a friend of the Grand Master Folco del Vilaret. The earliest biographical notice we have about Rostanh is the brief but unreliable biography in

Jean de Nostredame Jean de Nostredame (1522–1576/7) was a Provençal historian and writer. He was the younger brother of Michel de Nostredame. He was baptised at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence on 19 February 1522. He followed the footsteps of his father, Jaume de Nos ...

. He is one of only three known troubadours to compose ''

estampida The estampie (french: estampie, Occitan and ca, estampida, it, istanpitta) is a medieval dance and musical form which was a popular instrumental and vocal form in the 13th and 14th centuries. The name was also applied to poetry. Musical form T ...

s'', the others being

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 ...

(who composed the first one, ''Kalenda maia'') and

Cerverí de Girona Cerverí de Girona (; fl. 1259 – 1285) was a Catalan troubadour born Guillem de Cervera in Girona. He was the most prolific troubadour, leaving behind some 114 lyric poems among other works, including an ''ensenhamen'' of proverbs for his s ...

(who composed four).Chambers, 215–17. Rostanh composed only one: ''La dousa paria''. His songs are preserved in the manuscript called "Giraud", where the first one is a long ''

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'' in honour of his patron Folco.

Notes

References

*Frank M. Chambers (1985), ''An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification'' (Diane Publishing). *W. D. Paden and F. F. Paden (2007), ''Troubadour Poems from the South of France'' (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer). {{DEFAULTSORT:Berenguier, Rostaing 14th-century French troubadours Knights Hospitaller Troubadours from Marseille