Guilhem Rainol d'At (also ''Guillem''; fl. 1209) was a minor

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troubadour A troubadour (, ; ) 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 equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''. The tr ...

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. Guilhem Rainol was probably the ''Guilelmus Ranoli'' who witnessed a document of Alfonso II of Provence in 1209. In the north Italian troubadour manuscript ''D'' (1254, now in the

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), the poem ''A tornar m'er enquer al primer us'' is assigned to ''Guillems Rauols'', probably an orthographic error for Guilhem Rainol. Elsewhere this same work is ascribed to Tomier and Palaizi,

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, or Bertran lo Filhs. Little to nothing is known of Guilhem's life. In a ''

tenso A ''tenso'' (; ) is a style of troubadour song. It takes the form of a debate in which each voice defends a position; common topics relate to love or ethics. Usually, the tenso is written by two different poets, but several examples exist in whic ...

'' with Guilhem Magret, his interlocutor alludes to his having left the religious life. Guilhem's own works hint at a religious inclination. In the ''

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 ...

'' ''L'aissatz m'era de chantar'' he attacks the rich, whom he portrays as humbled by the clerics. His most interesting works, however, give insight into his personality and his home life: his light songs ''Quant aug chantar lo gal sus en l'erbos'' and ''Auzir cugei lo chant e.l crit el glat'' were ''tensos'' he made up between him and his wife.

Sources

* Riquer, Martín de. ''Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos''. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975. {{authority control 13th-century French troubadours People from Vaucluse