Golden, Rachel May - Mapping Medieval Identities in Occitanian Crusade Song

Mapping Medieval Identities in Occitanian Crusade Song focuses on two twelfth-century musical-poetic practices of southern France - the sacred Aquitanian versus and the vernacular troubadour lyric - and newly interprets them within their shared context of the early Crusades.

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CONTENTS

List of Figures
List of Musical Examples
List of Tables
Introduction: And so I cannot prophesy
Chapter 1: Identity, Space, And Song in Crusading Occitania
Construing Local & Global Contexts
Space & Place
Crusade Songs in Scholarship
Motz e So
The South and Its Songs
Song Genres, Themes & Contexts
Sounding Objects in the Distance
Chapter 2: Occitania, Court, and Cloister
France, Spain & Kingdom
St. Martial, Monastery & Movement
Versus, Expression, and Resistance
Beyond Cloister, Beyond Court
An Occitanian Homeland
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Place, Frankishness, and Regionality
Pope Urban's Message
Crusade Chronicles
Recruitment & Regional Implications
Local Heroism in Chant et deport
Urban's Synthesis: Love, War, and Vow
Indulgence and Penance
Embodiment, Violence, and Affirmations of the Tongue
God's Wonders, Visions, and the Holy Lance
Selfhood, Identity, and Frankishness
Chapter 4: Situating the Holy Land: Juxtapositions and Circular Paths
Circular Paths
Pilgrimage and Devotions
Self & Enemy
The Allure of Distant Lands
Motion, Cross, and Territory in Ara pot hom connoisseur
Real & Imagined Journeys
Chapter 5: Near and Distant Lands in First Crusade Songs
Desiring Distant Lands: Ierusalem mirabilis
Pointing Toward Jerusalem
Distance, Wonder, and Variation
Nomen a solemnibus: Reclaiming Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Near & Far
Chapter 6: Locality, Distance, and Troubadour Song in the Second Crusade
The Second Crusade & Reconquista
Marcabru's Moralizing and Invective
Marcabru Makes War
Jaufre's Distant Desire
Singing Across the Sea
Chapter 7: Conclusions: Singing Crusade Journeys
Re-Creation, Recycling, and Contrafacture
Sounding Journeys and Songs in Motion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index