Amanieu de la Broqueira (fl. 1188) was a Gascon troubadour. His name suggests he was from Labroquère, near Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges. He wrote two cansos that have been preserved in the 14th-century troubadour chansonnier E (BN f.f. 1749):
- Mentre que·l talans mi cocha ["While the desire is pressing me"] (PC 21,1)[1]
- Quan reverdejon li conderc ["When the countryside turns green again"] (PC 21,2)[2]
Along with the works of Guilhem d'Anduza and Guilhem Raimon de Gironella, Amanieu's songs are found only in chansonnier E, which has a high proportion of Gascon, Catalan and Langedocien composers. For reasons unknown, the chansonnier gives Amanieu's name as Ameus.[3]
In Quan reverdejon li conderc, Amanieu gives his own name as Amaneus Aureilla, which is perhaps a family name or else indicates that he came from Aureilhan.[3] Towards the end of the song, Amanieu laments that he did not send it by one of his preferred jongleurs, Porta-joia d'Engolmes from the Angoumois and Paire de Bodeles from the Bordelais. Porta-joia from Angoumois is probably the same person as the jongleur Porta-joia l'escassier (i.e., he who walks on crutches) mentioned by Raimon de Durfort. "Porta-joia" is a nickname meaning "he who carries joy". This places Amanieu's poetic activity in the last third of the twelfth century.[4]
Mentre que·l talans mi cocha has a refrain at verses 2 and 9 and might be classified as a retroencha.[5]
Besides the information gleaned from his poems and the chansonnier, one contemporary document mentions him. In 1188, Amanieu was one of the witnesses of a donation of Count Bernard IV of Armagnac to the cathedral of Auch. His name was spelled "Amaneus de Broquera".[6]
Notes
edit- ^ Jeanroy 1923, pp. 22–23.
- ^ Jeanroy 1923, pp. 24–25.
- ^ a b Zufferey 1987, pp. 18–788.
- ^ Paden 1984, p. 104.
- ^ Chambers 1985, p. 237.
- ^ Romania 2002, pp. 563–64.
Bibliography
edit- Chambers, Frank M. (1985). An Introduction to Old Provençal Versification. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society.
- Guida, Saverio (1999). "Cartulari e trovatori: 1. Arnaut Guilhem de Marsan, 2. Amanieu de la Broqueira, 3. Guilhem Peire de Cazals, 4. Amanieu de Sescas". Cultura Neolatina. 59: 71–127.
- Guida, Saverio; Larghi, Gerardo (2013). Dizionario biografico dei trovatori. Mucchi Editore.
- Jeanroy, Alfred, ed. (1923). Jongleurs et troubadours gascons des XIIe et XIIIe siècles. Paris: Honoré Champion.
- Paden, William D. (1984). "The Role of the Joglar in Troubadour Lyric-Poetry". In P. T. Noble; L. M. Paterson (eds.). Chrétien de Troyes and the Troubadours: Essays in Memory of the Late Leslie Topsfield. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 90–111.
- "Périodiques". Romania. 120 (479–80): 562–65. 2002. [Review of Cultura Neolatina, 59 (1999).]
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Viel, Riccardo, ed. (2011). Troubadours mineurs gascons du XIIe siècle: Alegret, Marcoat, Amanieu de la Broqueira, Peire de Valeria, Gausbert Amiel. Paris: Honoré Champion.
- Zufferey, François (1987). Recherches linguistiques sur les chansonniers provençaux. Geneva: Librairie Droz.