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- Also called:
- Bernart de Ventadorn
- Born:
- before 1152, Limousin province, Aquitaine [now in France]
- Died:
- 1195?, Dalon
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Bernard de Ventadour
French troubadour
Also known as: Bernart de Ventadorn
Bernard de Ventadour (born before 1152, Limousin province, Aquitaine [now in France]—died 1195?, Dalon) was a Provençal troubadour whose poetry is considered the finest in the Provençal language.
Bernard is known to have traveled in England in 1152–55. He lived at the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine and then at Toulouse, in later life retiring to the abbey of Dalon. His short love lyrics, 45 of which survive, express emotional power combined with lyric delicacy and simplicity. He also composed his own music; 19 of his tunes have survived.
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