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Giraut was born to a lower-class family in the Limousin, probably in Bourney, near Excideuil in modern-day France. The date of his birth is unknown.
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The Cansos and Sirventes of the Troubadour, Giraut de Borneil: A Critical Edition
(Among the troubadour poets, those writers of courtly love...)
Among the troubadour poets, those writers of courtly love poetry who flourished in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries in the south of France, Giraut de Borneil was one of the most important and influential. This is the first serious consideration of his work. In a scrupulously researched edition, Sharman covers Giraut's entire output. She replaces Giraut in the context of troubadour poetry while highlighting his particular originality; involving women as equal participants in love.
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Giraud de Borneil
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He composed many poems, of which 82 remain. His morning song Alba is perhaps the most famous. Some of his verses are satiric. He introduced the word "chanson" into the language of the troubadours. Giraud might have accompanied Richard I of England and Aimar V of Limoges on the Third Crusade and stayed a while with the "good prince of Antioch", Bohemond III. Among Borneil's favorite themes are the pain caused by the loss of a true love, and the decadence of the art of juggling. Dante mentions this poet in his Purgatory.
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The Cansos and Sirventes of the Troubadour, Giraut de Borneil: A Critical Edition
(Among the troubadour poets, those writers of courtly love...)
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The Cansos and Sirventes of the Troubadour, Giraut de Borneil: A Critical Edition
