Elias Fonsalada
Illustration — Elias, from a 13th-century chansonnier Elias (de) Fonsalada (fl. Late 12th/first quarter of the 13th century) was a troubadour from Bergerac in the Périgord (the Diocese of Périgueux according to his vida). Only two cansos of his survive.
Elias Fonsalada
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- Born
- 1101
- Died
- 1300
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- troubadour · poet · composer
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Elias, from a 13th-century chansonnier Elias (de) Fonsalada (fl. Late 12th/first quarter of the 13th century) was a troubadour from Bergerac in the Périgord (the Diocese of Périgueux according to his vida). Only two cansos of his survive.
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Born in 1101, died in 1300.
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- 1.His two cansos have been assigned to the last years of Peter II of Aragon by Manfred Raupach (Jewers, 200 n29).
- 2.Egan, 32. His entire vida, in original Occitan, goes: N'Elias Fonsalada si fo de Bragairac, del avesquat de Peiregors. Bels hom fo molt de sa persona, e fo fils d'un borges que se fetz joglar; e n'Elias fo joglars atressi. No bon trobaire mas noellaire fo; e saup benestar entre la gen.
- 3.Jones, 309.
- 4.Jewers, 195.
- 5.Gaunt et al., 324.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Egan, Margarita (ed. and trans.) The Vidas of the Troubadours. New York: Garland, 1984. .
- Gaunt, Simon; Harvey, Ruth; and Paterson, Linda M., edd. Marcabru: A Critical Edition. Boydell & Brewer, 2000.
- Jewers, Caroline. "The Name of the Ruse and the Round Table: Occitan Romance and the Case for Cultural Resistance." Neophilologus. Vol. 81, No. 2 (Apr., 1997), pp. 187–200.
- Jones, W. Powell. "The Jongleur Troubadours of Provence." Publication of the Modern Languages Association, Vol. 46, No. 2. (Jun., 1931), pp. 307–311.
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