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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 a French 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 134,685 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Bernart de Ventadorn is the 668th most popular writer (down from 657th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from France (down from 734th in 2019) and the 108th 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 668 out of 5,755Before him are Kumārajīva, Patricia Highsmith, Giosuè Carducci, Nellie Bly, Vuk Karadžić, and Masaru Emoto. After him are Giambattista Basile, Ivan Goncharov, Antoine François Prévost, Ryszard Kapuściński, Osip Mandelstam, and H. L. Mencken.

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Contemporaries

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

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 787 out of 6,011Before him are Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Richard I of Normandy (933), Paul Vidal de La Blache (1845), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Vincent Cassel (1966), and Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677). After him are Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Girard Desargues (1591), Antoine François Prévost (1697), Pierre Boulle (1912), Lorin Maazel (1930), and Jacques de Vaucanson (1709).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Bernart de Ventadorn ranks 108Before him are Edmond Rostand (1868), Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755), Frontinus (30), Georges Perec (1936), Alfred de Vigny (1797), and Raymond Queneau (1903). After him are Antoine François Prévost (1697), Pierre Boulle (1912), Alain-René Lesage (1668), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), Pierre de Ronsard (1524), and Jean Froissart (1337).