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Na Castelloza (fl. early 13th century) was a noblewoman and trobairitz from
According to her later '' vida'', Castelloza was the wife of Turc de Mairona, probably the lord of
"Fictions of the Female Voice: The Women Troubadours."
'' Speculum'', Vol. 67, No. 4. (Oct., 1992), pp. 865–891. *Coldwell, Maria V. "Castelloza."
Grove Music Online
', ed. L. Macy. *''The Vidas of the Troubadours'', ed. and trans. Margarita Egan. New York: Garland, 1984. .
"Where Were the Provençal 'Vidas' and 'Razos' Written?"
''Modern Philology'', Vol. 35, No. 3. (Feb., 1938), pp. 225–232. *Shapiro, Marianne
"The Provençal Trobairitz and the Limits of Courtly Love."
''Signs'', Vol. 3, No. 3. (Spring, 1978), pp. 560–571. *Weiss, Julian. "Lyric Sequences in the ''Cantigas d'amigo''." ''Bulletin of Hispanic Studies'', 65:1 (1988:Jan.), pp. 21–38. *Bec, Pierre. « L’Amour au Féminin: Les Femmes-Troubadours et Leurs Chansons » (2013, fédérop). {{Authority control 13th-century French women writers 13th-century French troubadours 13th-century women composers Medieval French nobility Trobairitz French women poets People from Auvergne
Na Castelloza (fl. early 13th century) was a noblewoman and trobairitz from Auvergne
Auvergne (; ; oc, label= Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Au ...
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Life
According to her later '' vida'', Castelloza was the wife of Turc de Mairona, probably the lord of Meyronne
Meyronne (; oc, Mairona) is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France.
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*Communes of the Lot department
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An intentional community is a voluntary residential community whi ...
.''Vidas'', p. 26. Turc's ancestors had participated in a Crusade
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around 1210 or 1220, which was the origin of his name (meaning "Turk
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"). She was reputed to have been in love with Arman de Brion, a member of the house of Bréon and of greater social rank than her, about whom she wrote several songs. Her ''vida'' records her to have been "very gay", "very learned", and "very beautiful". Only three—perhaps four if recent scholarship is accepted—of her songs (all ''cansos
The ''canso'' or ''canson'' or ''canzo'' () was a song style used by the troubadours. It was, by far, the most common genre used, especially by early troubadours, and only in the second half of the 13th century was its dominance challenged by ...
'') survive, all without music. This, however, makes her at least the second most prolific of trobairitz in terms of surviving works: only Beatriz de Dia certainly has more, with four ''cansos'' to her name. The subject of all her poems is courtly love
Courtly love ( oc, fin'amor ; french: amour courtois ) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry. Medieval literature is filled with examples of knights setting out on adventures and performing var ...
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Compared with Beatriz de Dia, Castelloza is a more conservative poet. Her persona throughout her works is consistent and though she raises the tension between conditional and unconditional love she always remains committed to absolute fidelity.
One scholar, Peter Dronke, has seen Castelloza's songs as forming a lyric cycle.Bruckner, 884.
List of works
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Notes
Citations
Bibliography
*Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn"Fictions of the Female Voice: The Women Troubadours."
'' Speculum'', Vol. 67, No. 4. (Oct., 1992), pp. 865–891. *Coldwell, Maria V. "Castelloza."
Grove Music Online
', ed. L. Macy. *''The Vidas of the Troubadours'', ed. and trans. Margarita Egan. New York: Garland, 1984. .
Further reading
*Gravdal, Kathryn. "Mimicry, Metonymy, and 'Women's Song': the Medieval Women Trobairitz." ''Romanic Review'', 83:4 (1992:Nov.) pp. 411–427. *Paden, William D., Jr. "The Poems of the 'Trobairitz' Na Castelloza." ''Romance Philology'', 35:1 (1981:Aug.), pp. 158–182. *Schutz, A. H"Where Were the Provençal 'Vidas' and 'Razos' Written?"
''Modern Philology'', Vol. 35, No. 3. (Feb., 1938), pp. 225–232. *Shapiro, Marianne
"The Provençal Trobairitz and the Limits of Courtly Love."
''Signs'', Vol. 3, No. 3. (Spring, 1978), pp. 560–571. *Weiss, Julian. "Lyric Sequences in the ''Cantigas d'amigo''." ''Bulletin of Hispanic Studies'', 65:1 (1988:Jan.), pp. 21–38. *Bec, Pierre. « L’Amour au Féminin: Les Femmes-Troubadours et Leurs Chansons » (2013, fédérop). {{Authority control 13th-century French women writers 13th-century French troubadours 13th-century women composers Medieval French nobility Trobairitz French women poets People from Auvergne