Joseph Anglade (1868–1930) was a French philologist. He specialized in

Romance languages The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language ...

, particularly Occitan, and studied the lyrics of the

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 '' trobair ...

s. He was instrumental in formalizing the term ''Occitan'' for the language of

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bo ...

. He founded the Societat d'Estudis Occitans (SEO) in

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 fr ...

, a predecessor of the Institut d'Estudis Occitans.

Career

Joseph Anglade became a college and faculty professor in Toulouse where he taught southern languages and literature. He published numerous works on Occitan, the troubadours, and their history, including a grammar of the Old Provençal, and founded a Southern Resource Center (Institute of Southern Studies), of which the Occitan and Southern Resource Center is today the heir. From 1918 until his death, he was a board member of

Félibrige The ''Félibrige'' (; in classical Occitan, in Mistralian spelling, ) is a literary and cultural association founded in 1854 by Frédéric Mistral and other Provençal writers to defend and promote the Occitan language (also called the ) and ...

Works

* ''Le Troubadour Guiraud Riquier. Étude sur la décadence de l'ancienne poésie provençale'' (1905) * ''Les Troubadours, leurs vies, leurs œuvres, leur influence'' (1908) * ''La Bataille de Muret'' (1913) * ''Onomastique des troubadours'' (1916) * ''Poésies du Troubadour Peire Raimon de Toulouse'' (1920) * ''Histoire sommaire de la littérature méridionale au Moyen-Âge'' (1921) * ''Anthologie des troubadours'' (1927) * ''Les Troubadours de Toulouse'' (1928) * ''Les Troubadours et les Bretons'' (1929) * ''Pour étudier les patois méridionaux. Notice bibliographique'' * ''Grammaire élémentaire de l'ancien français'' * ''Grammaire de l'Ancien Provençal ou ancienne Langue d'Oc. Phonétique & morphologie'' * ''Notes sur l'emploi de l'article en français''

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* * 1868 births 1930 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers French philologists Occitan-language writers Romance philologists French male non-fiction writers {{France-linguist-stub