Tag Archives: Bernart de Ventadorn

LAST VIBRATIONS

As long as the many war campaigns of the twelfth century were conducted on a reasonably friendly footing they brought no intolerable hardship to the people who dwelled in the shadow of the castles. But early in the thirteenth century … Continue reading

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”PLEASE LET ME JAZZ HER”

Provencal is the loving tongue.Some aspects of the scene may seem vaguely familiar; scores of long haired young men roaming the country with stringed instruments under their arms, singing songs against authority and proclaiming liberty in its many facets. Urbane, … Continue reading

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