Defamation in the troubador sirventes: Legislation and lyric poetry.

Focuses on the link between sirventes and defamation. Insults in the songs of Guillem de Bergueda and Peire Cardenal; Persons of authority which were subjects of insults of Guillem de Bergueda; Tendency of Guillem's song to name witnesses; Characteristics of Cardenal's accusations in his songs.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Medium Aevum Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 28 - 42
Main Authors: Leglu, Catherine, Kennedy, Elspeth
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Society for the Study of Medieval Languages & Literature 1997
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