The Women TroubadoursThis is the first twentieth-century study of the women troubadours who flourished in Southern France between 1150 and 1250--the great period of troubadour poetry. The book is comprised of a full-length essay on women in the Middle Ages, twenty-three poems by the women troubadours themselves in the original Provencal with translations on facing pages, a capsule biography of each poet, notes, and reading list. |
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User Review - Philosophercat - LibraryThingThis book presents facing page translations of Provancale troubadour poetry by female troubadours. I read this book several years ago when I was taking a senior undergrad course in medieval literature ... Read full review
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| Title | The Women Troubadours Norton paperback |
| Authors | Magda Bogin, Meg Bogin |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 1980 |
| ISBN | 0393009653, 9780393009651 |
| Length | 190 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures History / Europe / Medieval |
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