Pere Salvatge or Peire/Peyre Salvagge was a

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of the late thirteenth century ( fl. 1280–1287). He is most notable as a constant attendant at the court of Peter III and

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. He may be the same person as the Peironet who composed poems with Peter III. Salvatge wrote the third piece in a five-piece cycle of ''

sirventes The ''sirventes'' or ''serventes'' (), sometimes translated as "service song", was a genre of Old Occitan lyric poetry practiced by the troubadours. The name comes from ''sirvent'' ('serviceman'), from whose perspective the song is allegedly wr ...

'' written in Summer 1285. Early in the summer

Bernart d'Auriac Bernat or Bernart d'Auriac was a minor troubadour notable mainly for initiating a cycle of five short ''sirventes'' in the summer of 1285. According to a rubric of the chansonnier in which the cycle is preserved, Bernart was a ''mayestre de Bezers' ...

inaugurated the political debate by coming to the defence of the "three kings"

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, Philip of Navarre, and

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, who claimed the

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. Under the direction of the French king they invaded

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in the so-called "

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". After Peter III of Aragon responded to Bernart, Pere responded to Peter in the short piece ''Senher, reys qu'enamoratz par''. Pere appears to have gotten his nickname from his occupation as a ''caballero salvaje'' or ''cavaller salvatge'' in the king's house. As such, he acted as messenger and

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. Among his duties was directing the battle cry when the king's armies went to war. Pere is first mentioned by name in 1280 as a ''juglar del rey'' ("

jongleur A minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe. It originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, acrobat, singer or fool; later, from the sixteenth century, it came to mean a specialist entertainer who ...

of the king"). In April 1286 he was charged with distributing compensation in precious metal and money to the other jongleurs who had assisted in Peter's coronation (in 1276). He was still alive in June 1287 when Alfonso III ordered proceedings against some men accused of kidnapping Pere's daughter.

Sources

* Riquer, Martín de. ''Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos''. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975. People from Catalonia 13th-century Spanish troubadours Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Spain-musician-stub