This book is the first full-length study of the courtly love songs of the trouvère to address the central musical problems of the repertoire as a whole, embrac

Examines the legacy of the medieval poet composers of Northern France, the trouveres. For many years problems and difficulties concerning the surviving melodies

Stolen Song documents the act of cultural appropriation that created a founding moment for French literary history: the rescripting and domestication of troubad

The social system of 'courtly love' soon spread after becoming popularized by the troubadours of southern France in the twelfth century. This book codifies life

There is a striking similarity between Marian devotional songs and secular love songs of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Two disparate genres--one sacred,