Grandes pages de La Canso 1208-1219 (libre + CD)

Synopsis

Discovering the Albigensian crusade song, or Canso, a masterpiece of Occitanian literature from the Middle Ages, is like exploring the heart of a city, a society, a civilisation so close to our own that one might imagine it as the product of today’s dreams but with values that seem more demanding and more generous than our own, even in the heated throes of battle. The magic of a sister language to French (medieval Oc) takes us into the consciousness of the peoples of Oc in the 13th century as they resisted the crusaders of the Pope, of the Abbot of Cîteaux and of Simon de Montfort,
soon supported by the Capetian monarchy.

Discovering the Canso is like lending our hearts to a war cry that has the force of a love song.

This book contains a selection of original texts from the Canso. They are presented and analysed by Anne Brenon, translated into French (Anne Brenon) and English (Janet Shirley), and last but not least, set to music (Christian Salès).