Tomier e Palaizi, Si co·l flacs molins torneia (BdT 442.2)

Abstract

This paper provides a new commentary of Tomier and Palaizi’s sirventes Si co·l flacs molins torneia. The joint work of these two troubadours, who were active during the Albigensian Crusade, represents an unusual case of collaboration among the Occitan poets. The authors address their sirventes to the southern partisans, in order to encourage them and attack both their usual enemies (the French and the Clergy), as well as the Occitan barons who supported the Crusade, like Guilhem del Baus prince of Orange. In addition to a new interpretation of some historical and literary issues, the paper also analysizes the political and propagandistic function of the Occitan sirventes written during the Albigensian Crusade.

Keywords

• troubadours; old Occitan