Troubadours Perform for the Ladies
Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the most significant historical figures of the middle ages. In 1137, at the age of fifteen, she inherited the duchy of Aquitaine, which comprised nearly one-third of France; this ensured her a unique existence as a politically powerful woman of the middle ages. By the time of her death in 1204, she was a former queen of France functioning as regent queen of England, and had firmly established the blood line of the future English monarchy through her children. This historical importance is profound; yet, underlying her vast political influence was a social one of innumerable value to Western Art. Her lifelong patronage of the troubadour music of her home region directly resulted in the introduction of this oldest known genre of medieval secular music throughout France, and to a lesser extent, the Norman court of England. In addition, she indirectly influenced the formation of the next influentional secular genre, the music of the trouveres.
These trouveres are playing the love song Flow My Tears
How absolutely wonderful! What a lovely piece of music. This is superb!
Heather! Music too?! This is so marvelous. Can you write a little tutorial on how you created and posted this audio file. Also, may I suggest that categorize this under Woman’s Myth and History. I would like to see a body of short biographies growing here in honor of all these inspiring women from history. I am working on a couple of short bios for Hildegard of Bingen and Mirabai, a Hindu visionary poet.
Exquisite! Absolutely exquisite! To be surrounded in such graciousness for a few minutes respite from everyday realities. Music for the soul.
Okay! I found the text about Eleanor and then searched for some lyrics. I was having no success and then I stumbled upon this site that had a link to the download so that you could listen to the music.
Have a good look at the little tool bar on the posting page. It enables you to insert images and links. I copied the URL for the music and inserted it using the insert a link tool. Once I updated it was there and worked. Likewise I put a link from Flickr account into the insert an image section.
We have our own Flickr account so please don’t hesitate to store images there. It is fully paid up for two year and there are no limits. Silly to waste the space.
I will put some helpful hints in the Word Press Workshop section when I put some of my tips together.