Paulet de Marselha (

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1262–1268) was a

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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 ...

from

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. Three of his eight surviving works are dedicated to Barral dels Baus, the

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. Three were

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composed in Marseille during an era of peace. While his patron Barral eventually came to support

Charles of Anjou Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285. He was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the House of Anjou-Sicily. Between 1246 a ...

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and followed him into wars in Italy, where he died, Paulet was opposed Angevin dominance of Provence and was deprived of his possessions and forced to flee, becoming a ''faidit'' (dispossessed exile) in

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. In Catalonia he turned up at the court of

Peter III of Aragon Peter III of Aragon (In Aragonese, ''Pero''; in Catalan, ''Pere''; in Italian, ''Pietro''; November 1285) was King of Aragon, King of Valencia (as ), and Count of Barcelona (as ) from 1276 to his death. At the invitation of some rebels, he con ...

, then heir and ''

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'' of

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, at

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in April–May 1262. From 1262 to 1266 he was at the court of

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. By October 1267 he had returned to Peter and a ''Paulet joglar'' (Paulet the

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) appears in the ''infantes entourage, undoubtedly Paulet de Marselha. Like other poets (

Cerverí de Girona Cerverí de Girona (; fl. 1259 – 1285) was a Catalan troubadour born Guillem de Cervera in Girona. He was the most prolific troubadour, leaving behind some 114 lyric poems among other works, including an ''ensenhamen'' of proverbs for his s ...

and

Folquet de Lunel Folquet de Lunel (c. 1244 – c. 1300) was a troubadour from Lunel (in the modern Hérault) in the Languedoc. He left behind nine recorded lyric poems, including five ''cansos'', two ''partimens'', and two ''sirventes''. He also wrote one longe ...

) associated with the Angevin domination of Provence and the court culture of Peter of Aragon (who waged the

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against the Angevins) and Alfonso of Castile (who contested the rule of Italy with them), Paulet was a staunch

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. His poem is customarily dated to 1268 or 1269, when he is last heard of. It was written to encourage the liberation of Henry of Castile, then a captive of Charles of Anjou in Italy. Paulet had a connexion with

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, Peter's younger brother and heir of Montpellier and

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. Sometime before 1262 he wrote a love song in the refrain of which he charges that because Charles of Anjou had separated him from his lover he would not, for that alone, honour him. Instead he dedicated his poem to James: Perhaps as a result of this diplomacy James intervened in favour of Marseille when the city rebelled in 1262. The rebellion, led by Barral and

Bonifaci VI de Castellana Bonifaci VI de Castellana or Castelhana (; fl. 1244–1265) was a Provençal knight and lord, one of the last of the great independent seigneurs of the land before the reign of Charles of Anjou (1246). He was first mentioned in 1244 and succeed ...

, was eventually put down, but it was the cause of Paulet's exile. Despite the fact that Barral eventually reconciled with Charles, Paulet nevertheless mourned his death (in 1268) in a ''

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'' entitled ''Razos no es que hom deja chantar'' ("There are no reasons left for men to sing"). Sometime between April 1265 and February 1266 Paulet composed ''L'autrier m'anav'ab cor pensiu'', a unique ''

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'' in which he and a ''pastora'' (shepherdess) discuss the merits of Peter III as the saviour of Provence. This ''pastorela'' is dated based on a reference to ''rei Marfre'' (evidently

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). Paulet also expresses a desire to see an alliance with ''N'Audoart'' (

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) against Charles of Anjou. Paulet also contributed one ''

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'' to ''Senh'en Jorda, sie·us manda Livernos'', a four-way ''

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'' (called a ''

torneyamen A ''torneyamen'' (; ; "tournament") or ''certamen'' was a lyric genre of the troubadours of the thirteenth century. Closely related to the '' tenso'', a debate between two poets, and the '' partimen'', a question posed by one poet and another's ...

'') between himself,

Guiraut Riquier Guiraut Riquier de Narbona ( 1230 in Narbonne – 1292 in Narbonne or Rodez) is among the last of the Occitan troubadours. He is well known because of his great care in writing out his works and keeping them together—''The New Grove Dictionary ...

Jordan IV of L'Isle-Jourdain Jordan IV (died 1288) was the Lord of L'Isle-Jourdain and a vassal of Alfonso of Poitou. He was a crusader during the Italian crusades of Guelph against Ghibelline. His son-in-law was Aimery IV of Narbonne, who led the armies of Florence and Anj ...

, and Raimon Izarn.

Sources

* Riquer, Martín de. ''Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos''. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.

External links

Complete works
at trobar.org

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