Medieval & Early Modern
The troubadours
Francis Hueffer · narrated by Moss
2026
10h 16m
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Francis Hueffer revives the troubadours, the poet-singers of medieval Provence whose songs of courtly love shaped European poetry. He traces their art, their world and their lasting influence. An elegant study of the romance and music of the Middle Ages.
Inside this audiobook
33 chapters
- 1PREFACE.6m
- 2CHAPTER I. THE LANGUE D’OC.11m
- 3CHAPTER II. EARLY POPULAR EPICS.7m
- 4CHAPTER III. THE ARTISTIC EPIC.22m
- 5CHAPTER IV. OTHER NARRATIVE AND DIDACTIC POEMS.23m
- 6CHAPTER V. APOCRYPHA.19m
- 7CHAPTER VI. SOCIAL POSITION OF PROVENÇAL POETS.19m
- 8CHAPTER VII. THE JOGLAR.21m
- 9CHAPTER VIII. TRACES OF POPULAR SONG IN THE POETRY OF THE TROUBADOURS.—THE PASTORELA.16m
- 10CHAPTER IX. OTHER POPULAR FORMS.—THE ALBA AND SERENA.14m
- 11CHAPTER X. THE BALADA.10m
- 12CHAPTER XI. ARTIFICIAL FORMS OF POETRY.—THE SESTINA.19m
- 13CHAPTER XII. THE TENSO.27m
- 14CHAPTER XIII. THE SIRVENTES.26m
- 15CHAPTER XIV. THE CANZO.11m
- 16CHAPTER XV. GUILLEM DE CABESTANH.32m
- 17CHAPTER XVI. PEIRE VIDAL.27m
- 18CHAPTER XVII. BERTRAN DE BORN.9m
- 19CHAPTER XVIII. BERTRAN AND RICHARD COUNT OF POITOU.20m
- 20CHAPTER XIX. SIEGE OF AUTAFORT—BERTRAN’S DEATH.16m
- 21CHAPTER XX. THE MONK OF MONTAUDON.26m
- 22CHAPTER XXI. THE REFORMATION OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.22m
- 23CHAPTER XXII. THE EPIC OF THE CRUSADE.20m
- 24CHAPTER XXIII. FOLQUET OF MARSEILLES.14m
- 25CHAPTER XXIV. GUILLEM FIGUEIRA AND PEIRE CARDINAL.16m
- 26CHAPTER XXV. LADIES AND LADY TROUBADOURS.19m
- 27CHAPTER XXVI. BEATRICE DE DIE.12m
- 28CHAPTER XXVII. THE COURTS OF LOVE.9m
- 29CHAPTER XXVIII. THE ORIGIN OF RHYME.18m
- 30CHAPTER XXIX. RHYTHM.26m
- 31CHAPTER XXX. RHYME.25m
- 32CHAPTER XXXI. THE STANZA.30m
- 33CHAPTER XXXII. SOME INTERLINEAR VERSIONS.25m
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