Guiot de Provins
Guiot de Provins (* around 1150 in Provins , † after 1208) was a trobador and French poet who was sometimes equated with the troubadour Kyot, with the Percival of Wolfram von Eschenbach being cited as a possible source . Only 5 song poems by Guiot have come down to us; they can be dated to around 1180.
Life
He traveled extensively and recited his verses in the most important cities in Europe , from the Holy Roman Empire to Greece . He knew Constantinople and Jerusalem , he probably also took part in the Third and Fourth Crusades . Guiot retired as a monk to Cluny Abbey . During this time he wrote two satirical poems about morality around 1204 , including the famous Bible Guiot (The word "Bible" at that time meant " satire ".). In this 2,700-verse poem, Guiot criticizes the behavior of people from every class, from princes to common people. This also contains one of the earliest descriptions of the compass: it is mentioned under the name "marinette".
Spiritual heirs
The American historian Henry Osborn Taylor ( en ) (1856-1941) describes the poet's positions as follows:
- In this outcry against papal predatory greed, France did not remain silent. The most extreme is the "Bible" by Guiot de Provins (...) The cardinals are replete with greed, simony and debauchery; without belief or religious sentiment, they sell to God and the Virgin Mary and deceive us and betray their fathers. Rome sucks and devours us; Rome kills and destroys everything. Guiot's voice rises against the whole Church; neither the monks nor the seculars escape: bishops, priests, cannons, the black or white monks. Templars or nurses, nuns and abbesses, all bad.
- Henry O. Taylor, The Mediaeval Mind .
In the novel Baudolino by Umberto Eco is Guiot de Provins modeled as Kyot of tungsten and presented as a companion of the hero Baudolino, who with Robert de Boron on the nature of the Holy Grail discussed. At the end of the novel, he announces that he will spend the rest of his life getting others to covet the Grail (called Gradale in the novel) by stating:
- "I don't know if I am able to write the story of Gradale , but I will surely find someone to tell it to and who will then write it."
literature
- Manfred Tietz : Guiot de Provins . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , Sp. 1737.
Web links
- Publications on Guiot de Provins in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii
- Bibliography on Guiot de Provins in Arlima (Archives de littérature du Moyen Age)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hatto points out in the comments on his edition about Wolfram von Eschenbach (translated by T. Hatto): Parzial . Penguin, New York 1980, ISBN 0-14-044361-4 , pp. 427 . indicates that it is a literary work by Wolfram and underlines this by referring to French sources.
- ^ Troubadours, Trouvères and Minnesingers ( en ) Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ↑ see John Munro: The Story of Electricity . Ed .: Kessinger. 2004, ISBN 1-4191-8384-2 .
- ↑ see lateralscience: Munro ( Memento of the original from April 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Story Of Electricity by John Munro , Lateral Science.
- ^ Henry O. Taylor, The Mediaeval Mind , éd. MacMillan, 1911. In this outcry against papal rapacity France was not silent. Most extreme is the "Bible" of Guiot de Provens: ... The cardinals are stuffed with avarice and simony and evil living; without faith or religion, they sell God and His Mother, and betray us and their fathers. Rome sucks and devours us; Rome kills and destroys all. Guiot's voice is raised against the entire Church; neither the monks nor the seculars escape — bishops, priests, canons, the black monks and the white, Templars and Hospitallers, nuns and abbesses, all bad .
