An Introduction to Old Occitan is the only textbook in print for learning the language used by the troubadours in southern France during the Middle Ages. Each o

Table of Contents1. Introduction - 52. Pronunciation - 83. The Classroom - 94. Greetings and Farewells - 135. Introductions and Possessive Adjectives - 166. Fam

Occitania, known today as the "south of France," had its own language and culture in the Middle Ages. Its troubadours created "courtly love" and a new poetic la

Variously described as a comedy of manners, a psychological romance, and a type of fabliau, the 13th-century narrative Flamenca is the best medieval romance wri

This translation, first published in 1992, presents one of the most memorable medieval ballads, largely because it contains a number of surprises and falsified