Jordi de Sant Jordi

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Jordi de Sant Jordi ( ˈdʒɔɾði ðe ˈsaɲ ˈdʒɔɾði ) (* around 1398, † around 1424 ) is one of the most important poets of older Catalan literature .

life and work

Jordi de Sant Jordi was born in the Kingdom of Valencia , part of the Aragonese Empire , and was a contemporary of Ausiàs March . He became chamberlain at the court of King Alfonso the Magnanimous and was entrusted by him with various diplomatic missions. He was under the protection of the queen widow Margaret of Prades .

Under the leadership of King Alfonso, he took part in the Catalan expedition to Sardinia and Corsica in 1420 and stayed in the Kingdom of Naples in 1422/23 . There Jordi was captured by Francesco Sforza on May 30, 1423 . While in captivity, he wrote his poem Presoner ("Captured"). He died soon after his release around 1424.

His poetry is mainly linguistically influenced by the Provençal Trobador poetry and Petrarch and mainly revolves around the theme of love . So is his Ovid - adaptation Passio secundum Amoris Ovidium interspersed with bits and pieces from the Trobadorendichtung. He stands between the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance . His stramps (" blank verses ") also deal with love issues. In the 171 verses comprehensive prose -Schrift Los enuigs Jordi things lists that it had gotten. Lo canviador describes the business conduct of a money changer . It is possible that Joan Roís de Corella was influenced by him.

Jordi was in contact with Iñigo López de Mendoza , who dedicated the poem Coronacion de Mosén Jordi ("The Coronation of Mr. Jordi") to him.

literature

  • Hans-Ingo Radatz (ed.): Jordi de Sant Jordi: The last trobador. An anthology (= Catalan literature of the Middle Ages. Vol. 5). Lit u. a., Berlin a. a. 2011, ISBN 3-643-11283-1 .
  • Josep Pujol-Gómez: Jordi de Saint Jordi. In: Claude Gauvard , Alain de Libera, Michel Zink (eds.): Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge. 2me édition. Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-13-054339-1 (French).
  • Dietrich Briesemeister : Jordi de Sant Jordi . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , Sp. 629 f.
  • Martí de Riquer, Lola Badia: Les poesies de Jordi de Sant Jordi. Cavaller valencià del segle XV (= Biblioteca d'Estudis i Investigacions. Vol. 7). Tres i Quatre, València 1984, ISBN 84-7502-110-7 (Catalan).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rafael Lapesa : Sobre la Coronación de Mossén Jordi de Sant Jordi . Venus y los elefantes. In: Estudis Romànics 21 (1999), pp. 273-281; online (PDF; 1.6 MB) (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Jordi de Sant Jordi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Georgius de Valentia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chamberlain and poet
DATE OF BIRTH around 1398
DATE OF DEATH around 1424