1260 in poetry
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Works published
- Gerra e trebailh e brega.m plaz by Bonifaci VI de CastellanaBonifaci VI de CastellanaBonifaci VI de Castellana or Castelhana was a Provençal knight and lord, one of the last of the great independent seigneurs of the land before the reign of Charles of Anjou began . He is first mentioned in 1244 and succeeded his father as lord of Castellana on 13 June 1249...
, attack on Charles of Anjou - L'autre jorn m'anava, a pastorelaPastorelaThe pastorela was an Occitan lyric genre used by the troubadours. It gave rise to the Old French pastourelle. The central topic was always meeting of a knight with a shepherdess, which may lead to any of a number of possible conclusions. They are usually humorous pieces...
by Guiraut RiquierGuiraut RiquierGuiraut Riquier is among the last of the Provençal troubadours. He is well known because of his great care in writing out his works and keeping them together—the New Grove Encyclopedia considers him an "anthologist" of his own works....
Deaths
- 26 August — Alberico da RomanoAlberico da RomanoAlberico da Romano , called Alberico II, was an Italian condottiero, troubadour, and an alternatingly Guelph and Ghibelline statesman. He was also a patron of Occitan literature.-Life and death:...
(born 1196), patron and 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....
, executed - Richard de FournivalRichard de FournivalRichard de Fournival or Richart de Fornival was a medieval philosopher and trouvère perhaps best known for the Bestiaire d'amour .-Life:...
(born 12011201 in poetry-Events:* Japanese former Emperor Go-Toba orders the preparation of Shin Kokin Wakashū the eighth Japanese imperial waka poetry anthology...
), a TrouvèreTrouvèreTrouvère , sometimes spelled trouveur , is the Northern French form of the word trobador . It refers to poet-composers who were roughly contemporary with and influenced by the troubadours but who composed their works in the northern dialects of France...