Paden, William D., Armitage, Linda H., Holmes, Olivia, Kendris, Theodore, Lumsden-Kouvel, Audrey, and O'Connell, Terence
The troubadour poems of Guilhem d'Autpol and 'Daspol,' which Paul Meyer read as being by one person, can be interpreted as poems by two different individuals which offer insights into troubadour culture. The poems reveal an interesting conjunction of overtly religious expression and the system of genres. The system had a mode for many experiences but not for religious experience. The four poems, which form a pattern, can be categorized as an alba, a pastourelle, a fictive tenso and a planh. The poems explore human love, divine love, sorrow, pain and hope. Texts of the poems and translations are included.