Germà de Gontaut
Germà de Gontaut (fl. 1355–1386) was an Occitan poet and merchant. Germà is mentioned as a mercadier (merchant) in the prologue to the final version of the Leys d'amor of Joan de Castellnou (1355).
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Germà de Gontaut
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At that time he was one of the seven maintainers (mantenidors) of the Consistori del Gay Saber, an Occitan poetry academy in Toulouse. On 3 May 1386 Germà de Gontaut with Ramon Galbarra judged a partimen (poetic debate) between Jacme Rovira and Bernat de Palaol for the Consistori del Gay Saber. The subject of the debate was this: there was a young lord who loved a young lady who did not return the love, yet there was another young lady, of equal worth, who loved him deeply but to whom he was unattracted; to which of these should he devote his service? Bernat defended the second lady, but the judges found in favour of Jacme and the first lady: the lord, they said, ought to devote himself to the one he truly loves, not the one who truly loves him. The judges' decision was given in verse, in a serious tone completely unbefitting the lighthearted nature of the contest.
Germà de Gontaut is a French troubadour and composer.
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