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Songs of a Friend - Love Lyrics of Medieval Portugal (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Songs of a Friend - Love Lyrics of Medieval Portugal (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Portugal enjoyed one of the richest and most sophisticated cultures
of the Middle Ages, in part because of its vibrant secular
literature. One popular literary genre of the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries was the cantigas de amigo , love songs in
which male poets wrote from a female perspective. More than five
hundred of these mysterious poems depicting a young girl's love for
an absent lover survive today. Until now, however, they have
remained inaccessible except to a small circle of scholars. In her
translation of nearly one hundred representative examples of the
cantigas de amigo , Barbara Hughes Fowler recovers the beauty of
these poems for the modern reader. Her accurate and elegant
renderings capture the charming spontaneity of the lyrics and show
them to be a uniquely appealing form of medieval literature.
(excerpt of one of the poems) Lovely mother, I saw my friend but
did not speak with him and so I lost him, but now I'm dying of love
for him. I did not speak because of my disdain; I'm dying, mother,
for love of him. |Since its original publication in 1975, this book
has become important teaching tool and research volume. Billings
brings together more than 200 period documents, on topics including
the settlement of Jamestown, the evolution of government and the
structure of society, forced labor, the economy, Indian-Anglo
relations, and Bacon's Rebellion. This new edition includes
approximately 30 additional documents. Freshly rethought chapter
introductions and suggested readings incorporate the vast
scholarship of the past 30 years. Also includes new illustrations
of 17th-century artifacts and buildings as well as a full index.
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