Joseph Anglade (1868 – 1930) was a French philologist. He specialized in
Romance languages
The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ...
, particularly
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 ...
, and studied the lyrics of the
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 ...
s. He was instrumental in formalizing the term ''Occitan'' for the language of
Provence
Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the France–Italy border, Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterrane ...
.
He founded the
Societat d'Estudis Occitans (SEO) in
Toulouse
Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
, a predecessor of the
Institut d'Estudis Occitans The Institut d'Estudis Occitans (English: Occitan Studies Institute or Institute for Occitan Studies; ), or IEO, is a cultural association that was founded in 1945 by a group of Occitan and French writers including Jean Cassou, Tristan Tzara, Is ...
.
Career
Joseph Anglade became a college and faculty professor in Toulouse where he taught southern languages and literature.
He published numerous works on Occitan, the troubadours, and their history, including a grammar of the Old Provençal, and founded a Southern Resource Center (Institute of Southern Studies), of which the Occitan and Southern Resource Center is today the heir.
From 1918 until his death, he was a board member of
Félibrige.
Works
* ''Le Troubadour Guiraud Riquier. Étude sur la décadence de l'ancienne poésie provençale'' (1905)
* ''Les Troubadours, leurs vies, leurs œuvres, leur influence'' (1908)
* ''La Bataille de Muret'' (1913)
* ''Onomastique des troubadours'' (1916)
* ''Poésies du Troubadour Peire Raimon de Toulouse'' (1920)
* ''Histoire sommaire de la littérature méridionale au Moyen-Âge'' (1921)
* ''Anthologie des troubadours'' (1927)
* ''Les Troubadours de Toulouse'' (1928)
* ''Les Troubadours et les Bretons'' (1929)
* ''Pour étudier les patois méridionaux. Notice bibliographique''
* ''Grammaire élémentaire de l'ancien français''
* ''Grammaire de l'Ancien Provençal ou ancienne Langue d'Oc. Phonétique & morphologie''
* ''Notes sur l'emploi de l'article en français''
References
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1868 births
1930 deaths
20th-century French non-fiction writers
20th-century French male writers
French philologists
Occitan-language writers
Romance philologists
French male non-fiction writers
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