Isnart d'Entrevenas
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Isnart or Iznart d'Entrevenas or d'Antravenas (fl.
1203–1225) was a Provençal
troubadour
, the son of Raimon d'Agout, a patron of troubadours, and wife of Beatrice, daughter of Jaufre Reforzat de Trets
.
Isnart held land in Agoult
, Pontevès
, and Entrevennes
, from which he took his name. His poetry implies a sojourn in Lombardy
. In Provence
he figures in various documents between 1203 and 1225 and was the podestà
of Arles
in 1220. On 22 November 1251 an Isnart d'Entrevenas witnessed the peace treaty
between Barral of Baux
and Charles of Anjou, but it was probably not the troubadour but his son.
Isnart's work is preserved in two chansonnier
s, named D (the Poetarum Provinciali) and N (the Philipps Manuscript). He wrote two coblas (in series) attacking Blacatz
, sometimes classed as a sirventes
. The second cobla goes:
"Bertelai" is a reference to the Bertolai of Arthurian legend, who appears in Lancelot du Lac
. Isnart probably took the idea from a poem of Giraut de Bornelh
. He also composed a partimen
, "Del sonet", with the jongleur Pelestort sometime before 1237.
Floruit
Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1203–1225) was a Provençal
Provence
Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
troubadour
Troubadour
A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages . Since the word "troubadour" is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz....
, the son of Raimon d'Agout, a patron of troubadours, and wife of Beatrice, daughter of Jaufre Reforzat de Trets
Jaufre Reforzat de Trets
Jaufre Reforzat de Trets , known as Jaufrezet, was the Viscount of Marseille, seigneur of Trets and Forcalquier, and a man of letters. He was a member of the Baus family, the son of Raymond Geoffrey II of Marseille....
.
Isnart held land in Agoult
Agoult
Agoult is a surname. People with this surname include:* Charles Constance César Joseph Matthieu d'Agoult , French bishop* Marie d'Agoult , People from Frankfurt* Raymond Agoult , English conductor...
, Pontevès
Pontevès
Pontevès is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
, and Entrevennes
Entrevennes
Entrevennes is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.-Population:-Personalities:The troubadour Isnart d'Entrevenas was lord of Entrevennes in the early thirteenth century.-References:*...
, from which he took his name. His poetry implies a sojourn in Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
. In Provence
Provence
Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...
he figures in various documents between 1203 and 1225 and was the podestà
Podestà
Podestà is the name given to certain high officials in many Italian cities, since the later Middle Ages, mainly as Chief magistrate of a city state , but also as a local administrator, the representative of the Emperor.The term derives from the Latin word potestas, meaning power...
of Arles
Arles
Arles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....
in 1220. On 22 November 1251 an Isnart d'Entrevenas witnessed the peace treaty
Peace treaty
A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, that formally ends a state of war between the parties...
between Barral of Baux
Barral of Baux
Barral of Baux vas Viscount of Marseilles and Lord of Baux. He was the son of Hugh III of Baux, Viscount of Marseilles, and Barrale....
and Charles of Anjou, but it was probably not the troubadour but his son.
Isnart's work is preserved in two chansonnier
Chansonnier
A chansonnier is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of songs, hence literally "song-books," although some manuscripts are so called even though they preserve the text but not the music A chansonnier is a manuscript or...
s, named D (the Poetarum Provinciali) and N (the Philipps Manuscript). He wrote two coblas (in series) attacking Blacatz
Blacatz
Blacatz, known in French genealogy as Blacas de Blacas III , was feudal lord of Aups and a troubadour. Sordello composed a lament on his death, inviting the kings of his time to share and eat the heart of Blacatz and thus acquire a portion of his courage.He was the father of the troubadour...
, sometimes classed as a sirventes
Sirventes
The sirventes or serventes is a genre of Occitan lyric poetry used by the troubadours. In early Catalan it became a sirventesch and was imported into that language in the fourteenth century, where it developed into a unique didactic/moralistic type...
. The second cobla goes:
|
"Bertelai" is a reference to the Bertolai of Arthurian legend, who appears in Lancelot du Lac
Lancelot-Grail
The Lancelot–Grail, also known as the Prose Lancelot, the Vulgate Cycle, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is a major source of Arthurian legend written in French. It is a series of five prose volumes that tell the story of the quest for the Holy Grail and the romance of Lancelot and Guinevere...
. Isnart probably took the idea from a poem of Giraut de Bornelh
Giraut de Bornelh
Giraut de Bornelh , whose first name is also spelled Guiraut and whose nickname was Borneil or Borneyll, was a troubadour, born to a lower class family in the Limousin, probably in Bourney, near Excideuil...
. He also composed a partimen
Partimen
The partimen is a genre of Occitan lyric poetry composed between two troubadours, a subgenre of the tenso or cobla exchange in which one poet presents a dilemma in the form of a question and the two debate the answer, each taking up a different side. It was especially popular in poetic contests....
, "Del sonet", with the jongleur Pelestort sometime before 1237.
Sources
- Jeanroy, AlfredAlfred JeanroyAlfred Jeanroy was a French linguist.Jeanroy was born at Mangiennes, Meuse, Lorraine. He was a leading scholar studying troubadour poetry, publishing over 600 works. He established an influential view of the second generation of troubadours divided into two camps: “idealists” and “realists”...
(1934). La poésie lyrique des troubadours. Toulouse: Privat.