Jacme Rovira (, ; modern
Catalan spelling: ''Jaume Rovira'') was a
Catalan poet who wrote in
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and competed within the
Consistori del Gay Saber
The (; "Consistory of the Gay Science") was a poetic academy founded at Toulouse in 1323 to revive and perpetuate the lyric poetry of the troubadours.
Also known as the Acadèmia dels Jòcs Florals or Académie des Jeux Floraux ("Academy of th ...
.
On 3 May 1386 Jacme participated in a ''
partimen
The ''partimen'' (; ; also known as ''partia'' or ''joc partit'') is a cognate form of the French jeu-parti (plural ''jeux-partis''). It is a genre of Occitan lyric poetry composed between two troubadours, a subgenre of the ''tenso'' or ''cobla'' ...
'' with
Bernat de Palaol before the judges
Ramon Galbarra and
Germà de Gontaut Germà de Gontaut (, ; fl. 1355–1386) was an Occitan poet and merchant.
Germà is mentioned as a ''mercadier'' (merchant) in the prologue to the final version of the ''Leys d'amor'' of Joan de Castellnou (1355). At that time he was one of the ...
. The dilemma before the poets was this: if a knight loves a lady who does not return his affection while another dame, of equal merit, loves him, but to her he is indifferent, whom should he serve? Bernat defended the claim of the second lady, while Jacme of the first. The judges found in favour of Jacme.
Jacme also wrote a seventy-two line piece beginning ''Qui vol al mon de fis pretz fama granda''.
Works
Works of Jaume Roviraat Rialc.unina.it
References
*
Riquer, Martí de (1964). ''Història de la Literatura Catalana'', vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel.
Occitan-language Catalan writers
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
Spanish male poets
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