Bernart d'Auriac

Bernart d'Auriac

Bernat or Bernart d'Auriac was a minor troubadour notable mainly for initiating a cycle of five short "sirventes" in the summer of 1285. According to a rubric of the chansonnier in which the cycle is preserved, Bernart was a "mayestre de Bezers" (master of Béziers).

The "sirventes" cycle was prompted by the Aragonese Crusade and the French invasion of Spain. Bernart's speaks first and his pro-French stance marks him off as one of the school of Gallicised troubadours then active at Béziers and including Joan Esteve and Raimon Gaucelm. [He begins "Nostre reys, qu'es d'onor ses par", "Our king, who is of honour without peer". The reference to Philip III of France as "our king" indicates Bernart's allegiance immediately.] Bernart's "sirventes" prompted a response from Peter III of Aragon, the king defending from France's invasion, and who in turn was answered by a few "coblas" from Peire Salvatge. Peter's vassal Roger Bernard III of Foix, a longtime enemy of the French crown, wrote a response to Salvatge, and an anonymous contributor finished the cycle.

Besides his contribution to the cycle of 1285, Bernart has left three works of poetry: two "cansos" and another "sirventes". The "canso" "Be volria de la mellor" was a religious song dedicated to the Virgin Mary and modelled on the metre and rhyme scheme of the love song "Ben volria ser d'amor" by Rigaut de Berbezilh. His other "canso" deals with courtly love. The "sirventes" "En Guillems Fabres, sap fargar" was dedicated to his friend and fellow troubadour Guillem Fabre.

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*Riquer, Martín de. "Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos". 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.


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