Books

Occitan Books or on the Occitania country

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BD - Humour

Livres BD - Humour en occitan
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Beaux Livres en occitan
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Livres de Contes en occitan
Cuisine

Livres de Cuisine en occitan
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Livres Diccionari en occitan
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Livres Enfants en occitan
Grammaire - Pédagorie

Livres Grammaire - Pédagorie en occitan
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Livres Histoire - Etudes en occitan
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Livres Linguistique - Toponymie en occitan
Literature

Books Literature in occitan
Musique

Livres Musique en occitan
Mistral and friends
Nature

Livres Nature en occitan
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Livres Patrimoine en occitan
Poetry

Poetry books in occitan
Practical

Practical books in Occitan
Theater

Theater books in occitan language
Troubadours

Books about troubadours, men and women, whether Occitan or not.

A troubadour (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 trobairitz.

The troubadour school or tradition began in the late 11th century in Occitania, but it subsequently spread into Italy and Spain. Under the influence of the troubadours, related movements sprang up throughout Europe: the Minnesang in Germany, trovadorismo in Galicia and Portugal, and that of the trouvères in northern France. Dante Alighieri in his De vulgari eloquentia defined the troubadour lyric as fictio rethorica musicaque poita: rhetorical, musical, and poetical fiction. After the "classical" period around the turn of the 13th century and a mid-century resurgence, the art of the troubadours declined in the 14th century and eventually died out around the time of the Black Death (1348).

The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry and courtly love. Most were metaphysical, intellectual, and formulaic. Many were humorous or vulgar satires. Works can be grouped into three styles: the trobar leu (light), trobar ric (rich), and trobar clus (closed). Likewise there were many genres, the most popular being the canso, but sirventes and tensos were especially popular in the post-classical period, in Italy and among the female troubadours, the trobairitz.
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