Guillem Augier Novella
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"Augier was a jongleur from the Viennois, who stayed a long time in Lombardy. . ."
Guillem Augierjongleurs, in which he praised some and blamed others."[2]
Augier spent his early career at the court of the
Aimery de Pégulhan, until 1230.[2] Among Augier's most famous works is his sirventes (a planh or lament) now entitled A People Grieving for the Death of their Lord, which commemorates either the murder of Raymond I Trencavel in 1167 or, as is more preferred, of Raymond Roger Trencavel in 1209.[3][4] It has been described as a "funeral oration",[3] but its contemporaneousness with the death of Raymond Roger has been called into question recently.[3] It was probably written at a much later date. The chief purpose of the sirventes may be to mourn the lost culture of Languedoc before the Albigensian Crusade and the "lord" of the story is probably a stereotype meant to represent that culture.[5] It can therefore be viewed as representative of a genre of anti-Crusading verse prevalent in the trovatore traditions of Italy at the time. On the other hand, it is said to convey a "sense of personal loss" and not "opposition to the expedition".[4]
References
- Graham-Leigh, Elaine. The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. ISBN 1-84383-129-5.
- Siberry, Elizabeth. Criticism of Crusading, 1095–1274. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1985. ISBN 0-19-821953-9.
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