- Austorc d'Aorlhac
Austorc d'Aorlhac or Aurilhac (fl. 1250) was an
Auvergnat troubadour with only one surviving "sirventes ". He was fromAurillac .Austorc's only piece was composed after the defeat in 1250 of the
Seventh Crusade underLouis IX of France . Austorc was surprised that God would allow this to happen, but not surprised that Christians would therefore convert toIslam . An excerpt goes like this:ources
*Lewent, Kurt. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-7910%28196405%2979%3A3%3C296%3AOPLLOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H "Old Provençal "Lai", "Lai on", and "on"."] "Modern Language Notes", Vol. 79, No. 3, French Issue. (May, 1964), pp. 296–308.
* [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:-ZSZa_T9NfgJ:www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/french/about/staff/lp/lyrical.lus+%22Austorc+d%27Aorlhac%22+-wikipedia&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=ca Lyric allusions to the crusades and the Holy Land]
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