mercredi 23 mars 2016
lundi 14 mars 2016
MONSEGUR
MONSEGUR Oil by Claude Dubois
the day of the 215 Cathars burned at the foot of POG Monsegur
the wolves are drawn to the bodies that are burning smell.
SCENE attroce the smoky smell and excitation monks and soldiers of the king's army.
OCCITAN me I can not forget I can not forgive, I became a Anticlerical Irreversible
the wolves are drawn to the bodies that are burning smell.
SCENE attroce the smoky smell and excitation monks and soldiers of the king's army.
OCCITAN me I can not forget I can not forgive, I became a Anticlerical Irreversible
21 sites du pays cathare
The 21 castles, abbeys, museums and villages of Cathar tell the medieval history of this territory. Beautiful photos of a protected territory.
Les 21 châteaux, abbayes, musées et villages du Pays Cathare racontent l'histoire médiévale de ce territoire. Magnifiques photos d'un territoire préservé.
( Lo Dia Maria ) MODERN group NADAU TROUBADOUR
Mise en ligne le 18 oct. 2009
Una auta canson de mon pais !
MODERN group NADAU TROUBADOUR OCCITAN
the Troubadours
Modern European literature originated in Occitania in the early 12th century. It was started by hundreds of Troubadours (poet-musicians), who sang the praises of new values and in a new way. Their themes were courtly love, and concepts such as "convivencia" and "paratge" for which there is no modern counterpart in modern English or French. "convivencia" meant something more than conviviality and "paratge" meant something much more than honour, courtesy, chivalry or gentility. Troubadours praised high ideals, promoting a spirit of equality based on common virtue and deprecating discrimination based on blood or wealth. They were responsible for a great flowering of creativity. The lyrics could be racy, even by modern standards. Woman troubadours as well as men were welcomed in Châteaux throughout the Midi. They were loathed by the Roman Church.
Their influence was profound and far-reaching, giving rise to the development of virtually all modern western literature other than religious "legends". Dante can be classed as a troubadour; and troubadour influences clearly apparent in writers like Geoffery Chaucer, John Gower, Marie de France, Chretien de Troyes, Gottfried von Strassburg and Thomas Malory. They shaped much of our modern romanticised concept of medieval life - right down to ladies awarding favours to knights bearing their colours in jousting tournaments. Among the many direct descendants of their work might be counted a range of modern genres, from biographies to novels; from war stories to political satires; and from soft pornography to Mills and Boon style romances. The very word romance with its modern connotations is a Troubadour invention. The word began as the name for a narrative poem about chivalric heroes.
The concept of paratge is still known and respected in the Languedoc. On the eight hundredth anniversary of the massacre of Cathars by French Catholic crusaders at Minerve on 22 July 1210, the inhabitants of the town installed a memorial to their ancestors - shown below. It says, in Occitan: "Minerve remembers PARATGE!"
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