The Song of the Albigensian Crusade is an Old Occitan epic poem narrating events of the Albigensian Crusade from March 1208 to June 1219. Modelled on the Old French chanson de geste, it was composed i
Louis VIII of France capturing Marmande, from the sole surviving manuscript of the Song of the Albigensian Crusade
Folquet de Marselha
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Folquet de Marselha came from a Genoese merchant family who lived in Marseille. He was a celebrated troubadour who, after a religious conversion, became a Cistercian monk and later the bishop of Toulo
Song of the Albigensian Crusade
…author was apparently an educated man, displaying some knowledge of theology and law, and belonged to the diocese of Toulouse (since he calls bishop Folquet de Marselha "our bishop"). Michel Zink suggests that he was with Raymond VII of Toulouse in Rome and Provence during the years 1215 and 1216. The poet mentions the…
"Folquet de Marseilla" in a 13th-century chansonnier, depicted in his episcopal robes.
Painting from Teruel Cathedral of musician clergy, possibly Folquet de Marseille.
Folquet depicted holding a bible in BnF ms. 854 fol. 61.