Arnaut de Mareuil

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Dates

  • Born c. 1170
  • Died c. 1200
  • Activity c. 1170-c. 1200

Places

  • Born in France
  • Active in France

Activities

Primary

  • Poet

Resources

Preliminary Entry: Ezra Pound's poem “Fish and the Shadow” in

Lustra

makes brief reference to de Mareuil, who introduced the concept of the short didactic poem

ensenhamen

and the

Salut d'amour

(amatory epistle) to Provençal literature. For more information see our Topics entry on Troubadours

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5977 Arnaut de Mareuil 1 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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