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Bernart de Ventadorn

1135 - 1190

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Bernart de Ventadorn (also Bernard de Ventadour or Bernat del Ventadorn; c. 1130–1140 – c. 1190–1200) was an Occitan poet-composer troubadour of the classical age of troubadour poetry. Generally regarded as the most important troubadour in both poetry and music, his 18 extant melodies of 45 known poems in total is the most to survive from any 12th-century troubadour. He is remembered for his mastery as well as popularization of the trobar leu style, and for his prolific cançons, which helped define the genre and establish the "classical" form of courtly love poetry, to be imitated and reproduced throughout the remaining century and a half of troubadour activity. Now thought of as "the Master Singer," he developed the cançons into a more formalized style which allowed for sudden turns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernart de Ventadorn has received more than 147,383 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernart de Ventadorn is the 721st most popular writer (down from 667th in 2019), the 866th most popular biography from France (down from 785th in 2019) and the 119th most popular French Writer.

Bernart de Ventadorn is most famous for his poetry. He is considered the first troubadour and was a major influence on the development of the troubadour tradition.

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Among writers, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 721 out of 7,302. Before him are Alain-René Lesage, Milorad Pavić, Alfred de Vigny, Emilio Salgari, Julius Fučík, and Geoffrey of Monmouth. After him are William Saroyan, Hugo Ball, Longus, Zosimus, Robert E. Howard, and Alejo Carpentier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1135, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 4. Before him are Chrétien de Troyes, Joachim of Fiore, and Léonin. After him are Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, Inge I of Norway, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, Walter of Châtillon, Judith of Thuringia, Herman IV, Margrave of Baden, William of the White Hands, and William I, Count of Boulogne. Among people deceased in 1190, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 3. Before him are Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem. After him are Isabella of Hainault, Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Godfrey III, Count of Louvain, Floris III, Count of Holland, Saigyō, Maria Komnene, Queen of Hungary, Louis III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Theodore Balsamon, and Anvari.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 866 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), Alfred de Vigny (1797), Louis Desaix (1768), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), and Armand Fallières (1841). After him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), Adelaide of Maurienne (1092), Victoire of France (1733), Dagobert II (650), Jean-Marie Lehn (1939), and Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 119. Before him are Maurice Denis (1870), Max Jacob (1876), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626), Alain-René Lesage (1668), and Alfred de Vigny (1797). After him are Edmond Rostand (1868), Sidonius Apollinaris (430), Pierre Boulle (1912), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657), and Jean Anouilh (1910).

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