Ensenhamen

The ensenhamen ( prov. Ensenhamen "instruction". See French. Enseignement ) is a genus of Trobadordichtung . It was part of the didactic poetry of the Middle Ages and had the task of educating people to behave appropriately in court society. Formally, it was designed from six-syllable free verses without any stropic cohesion.

The Ensenhamens are differentiated into many types. Separation of the sexes and the classification of estates created their own forms, i. H. Songs for women and men, for nobles and non-nobles. The content includes both the contemporary rules of propriety and morals as well as specific instructions for certain situations, e.g. B. the behavior in love or the hygiene regulations and table manners of that time . Sometimes the Ensenhamens give their upbringing instructions directly in the sense of do's and don'ts, and sometimes they convey the instructions to exemplary role models. The professional instructions for court joglars are an independent variant .

Ensenhamens u. a. by Garin lo Brun, Arnaut de Maruelh, Arnaut Guilhem de Marsan, Raimon Vidal de Bezalù, Sordel, N'At de Mons and Amanieu de Sescas. They are used for cultural-historical research as important evidence of medieval morality, customs and taste.

literature

• Johann Bathe: The moral Ensenhamens in Old Provençal. A contribution to the education and moral history of the south of France . Warburg 1906