Occitania
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Occitania is the historical region in southern Europe where the Occitan language is historically spoken and where it persists today as a local language. This cultural area roughly encompasses much of
Gordes, a typical Provençal village
View from a part of the old town of Toulouse, former capital of Languedoc
Port de la Lune, Bordeaux
"Speak French Be Clean," written across the wall of a Southern French school
Troubadour
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A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages. Since the word troubadour is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a trobai
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…Occitan-speaking territory is currently the most widespread. Occitanian culture flourished in the High Middle Ages. Many writers, poets, and exponents in the troubadour movement used Occitan as their language of choice, and their works prominently featured courtly love as well as, at times, ideas of religious and social…
The troubadour Perdigon playing his fiddle
William IX of Aquitaine portrayed as a knight, who first composed poetry on returning from the Crusade of 1101
Trobadours, 14th century
Musicians in the time of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. These were in the court of the king, two vielle players and one citoler.