Bernart Marti was a

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 ...

, composing poems and satires in

Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France. * Occitan language, spoken in parts o ...

, in the mid-twelfth century. They show that he was influenced by his contemporaries

Marcabru Marcabru (; fl. 1130–1150) is one of the earliest troubadours whose poems are known. There is no certain information about him; the two '' vidas'' attached to his poems tell different stories, and both are evidently built on hints in the poems; ...

and knew Peire d'Alvernha, who, in one poem, he accused of abandoning holy orders. Along with Peire,

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and Bernart de Venzac he is sometimes placed in a hypothetical Marcabrunian school. His work is "enigmatic, ironic, and satiric", but has no following among later troubadours, according to Gaunt and Kay.

Works

Nine or ten of Marti's poems survive; the following have been attributed to him: *''A, senhors, qui so cuges '' *''Amar dei '' *''Belha m'es la flors d'aguilen'' *''Bel m'es lai latz la fontana '' *''Companho, per companhia '' *''D'entier vers far ieu non pes '' *''Farai un vers ab son novelh '' *''Lancan lo douz temps s'esclaire'' *''Quan l'erb'es reverdezida '' *''Qant la pluei'eˑl vens eˑl tempiers''

References

*Gaunt, Simon, and Kay, Sarah. "Appendix I: Major Troubadours" (pp. 279–291). The Troubadours: An Introduction. Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay, ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. . *Beggiato, Fabrizio. ''Il trovatore Bernart Marti''. Modena, 1984.

External links

Complete works
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