Guilhem de Tudela, Canso de la Crozada [Song of the Albigensian Crusade]

Geneviève Young (King's College London)

Ed. by Matthew Siôn Lampitt, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.01: French Writing and Culture: Old French to the Middle Ages , 500-1400.
Vol. editors: Marianne Ailes (University of Bristol), Matthew Siôn Lampitt (University of Bristol), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1210 - 1229

Places

France (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Epic
Poetry (any)

Resources

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The

Canso de la crozada

, also known as the

Chanson de la Croisade albigeoise

[

Song of the Albigensian Crusade

], is a verse narrative in Old Occitan comprising 214

laisses

[stanzas] of varying length amounting to roughly 9500 lines. The poem was composed in two distinct parts, the first attributed to Guilhem de Tudela, and the second to an anonymous continuator commonly referred to as the Anonymous. Guilhem’s contribution, which accounts for the first 2700 lines, was composed between 1210 and 1213 and covers the events of 1208 through 1213. The Anonymous takes up and completes the poem between 1228 and 1229, picking up the narrative events from 1213 through 1219 (Martin-Chabot xi-xii; Zink 16–22). Both Guilhem and the Anonymous were likely clerics, well educated, with deep…

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Citation: Young, Geneviève. "Canso de la Crozada". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 May 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41138, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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