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Truth of My Songs: Poems of the Trobairitz
Truth of My Songs Poems of the Trobairitz Author:Claudia Keelan Truth of My Songs is a translation of poems written by the women troubadours, known as trobairitz, whose poems disappeared after the Albigensian crusade of 1129. Together, the poems present a profound argument?for and against?the notion of fin? amor, the pure or fine notion of love, invented by their male counterparts. Tragic, raucous, vulgar,... more » silly, and strange, the poems of the trobairitz prove that women?s history has been recorded since the first woman raised her voice and lifted a pen.« less