1221 in poetry
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Births
- Alfonso X of CastileAlfonso X of CastileAlfonso X was a Castilian monarch who ruled as the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1252 until his death...
(died 12841284 in poetry-Events:*Romans de mondana vida of Folquet de Lunel written*A bloody incident marred the feast of the Ascension in Béziers and the troubadour Joan Esteve composed Quossi moria to lament it....
), CastilianCrown of CastileThe Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...
monarch and writer of Galician-Portuguese lyricGalician-Portuguese lyricIn the Middle Ages, the Galician-Portuguese lyric, sometimes called trovadorismo in Portugal and trobadorismo in Galicia, was a lyric poetic school or movement. All told, there are around 1680 texts in the so-called "secular lyric" or lírica profana...
s - Willem van Afflighem (died 12971297 in poetry-Deaths:* Willem van Afflighem , Flemish poet and abbot at Sint-Truiden...
), Flemish poet and abbot at Sint-TruidenSint-TruidenSint-Truiden is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, near the towns of Hasselt and Tongeren. The municipality includes the old communes of Aalst, Brustem, Duras, Engelmanshoven, Gelinden, Gorsem, Groot-Gelmen, Halmaal, Kerkom-bij-Sint-Truiden,...
Deaths
- Henry I of RodezHenry I of RodezHenry I , of the house of Millau, was the Count of Rodez and Viscount of Carlat from 1208 until his death. He was the son and successor of Hugh II...
(born 1175), French troubadourTroubadourA troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.... - Jiang KuiJiang KuiJiāng Kuí was a famous Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song Dynasty. He composed numerous poems, including the famous "He Bei Lai" and the more well known "San Wan Yue."...
(born 1155), Chinese poet, composer and calligrapher of the Song DynastySong DynastyThe Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a... - Attar Neyshapuri (born 1145), Persian Muslim poet, theoretician of SufismSufismSufism or ' is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a '...
, and hagiographer