Joseph Pardo / Ansaldi - Les Grands Troubadours - 1966

Charming limited illustrated edition of this work translated by Joseph Pardo and illustrated by Ansaldi, is an art book devoted to the poetry of the troubadours of the Midi in southern France, these poets and musicians of the Middle Ages who, mainly from the 12th century, profoundly marked European literature with their love songs, their chivalric tales, and their lyric compositions -

The work introduces several major figures of this tradition, notably William IX of Aquitaine, regarded as one of the first known troubadours, Bernard de Ventadour, famous for the finesse of his love poetry, Bertran de Born, associated with themes of war and chivalry, Guilhem de Cabestan, Cercamon, Peire Vidal and Jaufré Rudel -

Through their works, the reader encounters the great motifs of courtly poetry, such as idealized love, adoration of the mistress, desire, fidelity, absence, jealousy and the suffering of love, but also political concerns and feudal rivalries that characterized medieval society -

Joseph Pardo / Ansaldi - The Great Troubadours - 1966 - Éditions d'Art Sefer -
151 Pages.

Very good binding condition, book in publisher's blue slipcase, fore-edge slightly stained to be cleaned, smooth spine titled -

Very good interior condition, red title, charming initial, clean text, framed by floral decorations, book enriched with Ansaldi illustrations, original translation by Joseph Pardon, interior fresh -

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