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1.
Record Number:
10848
Author(s):
Nicholson, Francesca.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Seeing Women Troubadours without the "-itz" and "isms" [The author analyzes two poems attributed to women, Na Bieris de Roman and Azalais. Nicholson argues that they sometimes identify with a male lover and sometimes speak as women. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Troubled Vision: Gender, Sexuality, and Sight in Medieval Text and Image. Edited by Emma Campbell and Robert Mills . Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. Pages 63 - 76.
Year of Publication:
2004.
2.
Record Number:
6224
Author(s):
Nicholson, Francesca.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Seeing Women Troubadours without the "-itz" and "-isms"
Source:
Seeing Gender: Perspectives on Medieval Gender and Sexuality. Gender and Medieval Studies Conference, King's College, London, January 4-6, 2002. . 2002.
Year of Publication:
2002.
3.
Record Number:
8680
Author(s):
Poe, Elizabeth W.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Cantairitz e Trobairitz: A Forgotten Attestation of Old Provençal "Trobairitz" [The author points out another instance of the word "troibairitz," appearing in Terramagnino da Pisa's Occitan grammar, the "Doctrina d'Acort." There it clearly means "poetess" and is presented as the female equivalent of "trobador." The author argues that the word was known to Terramagnino, and he must have seen it in one of his Occitan source texts which is now lost. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Romanische Forschungen , 114., 2 ( 2002): Pages 206 - 215.
Year of Publication:
2002.
4.
Record Number:
6091
Author(s):
Edwards, J. Michele.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Women in Music to ca. 1450 [the author provides a brief overview touching on trobairitz, female minstrels, women and music at royal courts throughout Europe and Japan, Byzantine women who composed music, the varied kinds of music in women's religious houses, and Hildegard of Bingen's music].
Source:
Women and Music: A History. Edited by Karin Pendle . Second edition. Indiana University Press, 2001. Romanische Forschungen , 114., 2 ( 2002): Pages 26 - 53.
Year of Publication:
2001.
5.
Record Number:
7201
Author(s):
Léglu, Catherine.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Did Women Perform Satirical Poetry? "Trobairitz" and "Soldadeiras" in Medieval Occitan Poetry [The author argues that women performed some satirical and political poems before audiences. Modern scholars have been slow to recognize women's roles as performers, particularly in the case of these poems that do not concern love, the topic deemed by scholars to be most suitable for women. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Forum for Modern Language Studies , 37., 1 (January 2001): Pages 15 - 25.
Year of Publication:
2001.
6.
Record Number:
10185
Author(s):
Langdon, Alison.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Pois dompna s'ave/d'amar: Na Castellosa's "Cansos" and Medieval Feminist Scholarship [The author explores feudal metaphors in the poetry of the trobairitz Castelloza. Langdon argues that it is important to historicize Castelloza's speakers who have, in many respects, taken up the supplicant position of the troubadours. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Medieval Feminist Forum , 32., (Fall 2001): Pages 32 - 42.
Year of Publication:
2001.
7.
Record Number:
4580
Author(s):
Millay, S. Lea.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Voice of the Court Woman Poet [The author compares the poetry of Izumi Shikibu with that of the countess de Dia, finding in both the voice of the passionate woman].
Source:
Crossing the Bridge: Comparative Essays on Medieval European and Heian Japanese Women Writers. Edited by Barbara Stevenson and Cynthia Ho . Palgrave, 2000. Medieval Feminist Forum , 32., (Fall 2001): Pages 91 - 116.
Year of Publication:
2000.
8.
Record Number:
5529
Author(s):
Cheyette, Fredric L. and Margaret Switten
Contributor(s):
Title :
Women in Troubadour Song: Of the Countess and the Vilana [The authors analyze two songs, one by the Countess de Dia and the other by Marcabru, in which strong women's voices are heard demanding their rights and resisting exploitation; the authors also trace the varied political roles of Occitan noble women and the social setting in which these two songs might have been performed].
Source:
Women and Music , 2., ( 1998): Pages 26 - 45.
Year of Publication:
1998.
9.
Record Number:
3613
Author(s):
Jewers, Caroline.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Reading and Righting: Issues of Value and Gender in Early Women Poets
Source:
Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies , 10., 1 (Spring 1998): Pages 97 - 121.
Year of Publication:
1998.
10.
Record Number:
2329
Author(s):
Affeldt, Werner.
Contributor(s):
Title :
L'expression féminine dans la poésie lyrique occitane [two linguistic and stylistic analyses and comparisons of discourse; the first case compares the "cansos" of four trobairitz (comtesse de Dia, Castelloza, Azalaïs, and Clara d'Anduza) with thise of four troubadours (Peire Vidal, Raimon de Miraval, Guilhem de Cabestanh, and Bertran de Born), while the second analysis looks at twenty-two "tensos" in which there are dialogues between male and female characters].
Source:
Romance Philology , 51., 2 (November 1997): Pages 107 - 193.
Year of Publication:
1997.
11.
Record Number:
2360
Author(s):
Lafont, Robert.
Contributor(s):
Title :
La voix des dames [A psycho-historical reading of troubadour and trobairitz verses with an emphasis on the various roles that love played for male poets, both troubadours and jongleurs. The author also questions the biographies attributed to many of the trobairitz. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Revue des Langues Romanes , 101., 2 ( 1997): Pages 185 - 205.
Year of Publication:
1997.
12.
Record Number:
2393
Author(s):
Michaud, Francine.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Comtessa de Dia and the Trobairitz [includes Occitan text, English translation, and modern performance scores for "A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu no volria" and "Estat ai en greu cossirier" by the countess de Dia and "Loncx temps ai avut cossiriers" by Raimon de Miraval].
Source:
Women Composers: Music Through the Ages. Edited by Martha Furman Schleifer and Sylvia Glickman . Volume 1 Composers Born Before 1599. G.K. Hall ; Prentice Hall International, 1996. French Forum , 21., 3 (Sept. 1996): Pages 61 - 68.
Year of Publication:
1996.
13.
Record Number:
653
Author(s):
Bossy, Michel- André and Nancy A. Jones
Contributor(s):
Title :
Gender and Compilational Patterns in Troubadour Lyric: The Case of Manuscript "N" [poems of Guillaume IX, Duke of Aquitaine, frame those of the trobairitz Castelloza, Beatriz de Dia, and Azalais de Porcairagues.]
Source:
French Forum , 21., 3 (Sept. 1996): Pages 261 - 280.
Year of Publication:
1996.
14.
Record Number:
561
Author(s):
Gravenhorst, Tammy.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Reading Ability: Negotiating Academe on Crutches
Source:
Medieval Feminist Newsletter , 19., (Spring 1995): Pages 26 - 29.
Year of Publication:
1995.
15.
Record Number:
1958
Author(s):
Christie, Niall.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Troubadour or Trobairitz? Inconsistent Gender Markings in Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Ms. fr. 844 [analysis of the Countess de Dia's "A chanta m'er de so qu'ieu no volria"].
Source:
Manuscripta , 38., 3 (November 1994): Pages 205 - 206.
Year of Publication:
1994.
16.
Record Number:
1772
Author(s):
Jewers, Caroline A.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Loading the Canon : For and Against Feminist Readings of the Trobairitz
Source:
Romance Quarterly , 41., 3 (Summer 1994): Pages 134 - 147.
Year of Publication:
1994.
17.
Record Number:
10009
Author(s):
Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Fictions of the Female Voice: The Women Troubadours [Trobairitz (female troubadours) experimented with literary and cultural definitions of sex and gender in their poetry. They manipulated a very conventional form (a male speaker addressing a distant, silent lady) and invented their own distinctive literary versions of the female voice. Even though it is hard to define, the notion of voice in literary texts is a powerful concept for feminist writers. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Speculum , 67., 4 (October 1992): Pages 865 - 891.
Year of Publication:
1992.
18.
Record Number:
8703
Author(s):
Gravdal, Kathryn.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Metaphor, Metonymy, and the Medieval Women Trobairitz [The author argues that the metaphorical expressions of the troubadour’s love and suffering before an all-powerful "domna" figure him as a woman. The female trobairitz counter this self-serving construction of gender by creating songs in which women have the possibility of self-expression and agency. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Romanic Review , 83., 4 ( 1992): Pages 411 - 426.
Year of Publication:
1992.
19.
Record Number:
13347
Author(s):
Rieger, Angelica
Contributor(s):
Title :
Alamanda de Castelnau - Une "trobairitz" dans l'entourage des comtes de Toulouse? [The author suggests an historical identity for "bell' ami' Alamanda" who appears in a debate poem with the troubadour Giraut de Bornelh. Giraut asks Alamanda to intercede on his behalf with the lady whom he loves. Alamanda agrees but reminds him of the faults that he has committed. Rieger suggests Alamanda belonged to a powerful family which supported the counts of Toulouse. Her education at their court would have prepared her to compose poetry as did the "trobairitz," female troubadours. Title note provided by Feminae.]
Source:
Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie , 107., 1/2 ( 1991): Pages 47 - 57.
Year of Publication:
1991.
20.
Record Number:
12784
Author(s):
Poe, Elizabeth Wilson.
Contributor(s):
Title :
Another "salut d'amor"? Another "trobairitz"? In Defense of "Tanz salutz et tantas amors" [The author studies the troubadour lyric, Tanz salutz et tantas amors, in order to argue for its status as a salut d’amor, and to examine the possibility that it may have been written by a female poet. Includes an Appendix containing the text of the poem. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie , 106., ( 1990): Pages 314 - 337.
Year of Publication:
1990.
21.
Record Number:
12810
Author(s):
Rosenn, Eva.
Contributor(s):
Title :
The Discourse of Power: The Lyrics of the Trobairitz
Source:
Comitatus , 21., ( 1990): Pages 1 - 20.
Year of Publication:
1990.
22.
Record Number:
11212
Author(s):
Contributor(s):
Title :
Women and Music in Medieval Europe [While women in barbarian cultures sometimes had a stature that equaled that of men and education for women included some musical training, women’s formal participation in the musical arts declined as Roman culture spread. Music as rhetoric was considered part of elementary education and the philosophy of music was an important branch of the liberal arts curriculum, but universities were closed to women in the Middle Ages. Although most women did not have access to formal education in music, many women still participated in minstrelsy (a barbarian art) and the performance of plays. Some noteworthy women composed lyrics and music as well, including the trobairitz (women troubadours) and Hroswitha, a playwright who was also a poet and musician. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
Mediaevalia , 14., ( 1988): Pages 1 - 21. 1991 (for 1988)
Year of Publication:
1988.