Occitan Literature

Occitan literature — still sometimes called Provençal literature — is a body of texts written in Occitan in the south of France. It originated in the poetry of the 11th- and 12th-century troubadours, and inspired the rise of vernacular literature throughout medieval Europe.

Read more about Occitan Literature:  Introduction, Origin, Poetry of The Troubadours, Patronage, Form, Narrative Poetry, Didactic and Religious Poetry, Drama, Félibrige, Late Twentieth and Twenty-first Century

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