Encyclopedia of medieval literature

VIDA

vida: translation

The scribes that compiled some of the earliest anthologies of TROUBADOUR poetry in the 13th and 14th centuries prefaced the work of each poet with a short biography in prose, known asvidas. These accounts are seldom more than a few sentences long, and usually give such information as the poet’s parentage and where he was born, what class he belonged to and who his patrons were, who his great loves were, what kind of person he was, the kind and quality of poetry he wrote, and where he died. There arevidasfor about 100 troubadours, surviving in some 20 manuscripts, mostly produced in northern Italy; five of these date from the 13th century.Vidasare to be distinguished fromRAZOS, which are generally longer prose introductions to individual troubadour poems in the anthologies.
Thevidasare the largest source of biographical information we have concerning the troubadours, and also one of the least reliable.While many of the historical and geographical facts found in thevidasare verifiable, the information in thevidascomes from a variety of nonbiographical sources, including popular folktales,SAINTS’LIVES, and even FABLIAUX. But the single largest source of information for thevidasis the troubadours’ own body of poetry. Thus thevidafor Jaufré RUDEL, famous for his poetry extolling his “love far away,” includes the fanciful notion that he fell in love with the countess of Tripoli without ever having seen her, and that he traveled to find her only to die in her arms. None of this is verifiable, but it is a fanciful extrapolation from Jaufré’s poetry.
Recently some attention has been paid to the prosevidasas literary creations in their own right. Recent studies have argued that there are stylistic similarities in most of the earliervidasandrazos, enough to suggest that they were all originally composed by a single writer. Two manuscripts contain references to an author named Uc de Saint-Circ, and, according to Elizabeth W. Poe,“we can take as a working assumption that all of thevidasandrazospertaining to events before 1257 or so were the work of Uc” (1995, 188). Uc, a JONGLEUR educated at Montpellier, seems to have collectedvidasandrazosalready current among other jongleurs, added historical and geographical details he may have researched, and composed thevidasall in his own style. Poe describes characteristics of Uc’s style, noting that humor and wordplay are common in thevidas. For example Uc will sometimes ironically juxtapose incongruous items using the conjunction “and,” as when he calls GUILLAUME IX “one of the most courtly men in the world and one of the greatest deceivers of women” (Poe 1995, 194). Uc will also sometimes add things as unexpected afterthoughts in a manner that creates a humorous effect, as in thevidaof Peire de Valeira:“His songs did not have much value,” Uc says, and then adds “and neither did he” (Poe 1995, 194).
Bibliography
■ Egan, Margarita.The Vidas of the Troubadours. Garland Library of Medieval Literature, 6. New York: Garland, 1984.
■ Poe, Elizabeth W. “The Vidas and Razos.” InA Handbook of the Troubadours, edited by F. R. P. Akehurst and Judith M. Davis, 185–197. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.

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  2. vida—Прощание расставание....Азербайджанcко-русский словарь
  3. vida—avid diva...Английские анаграммы
  4. vida—n вида...Англо-русский словарь Лингвистика-98
  5. vida—вайда...Англо-русский словарь Лингвистика-98
  6. vifda—n вяленое мясо пеммикан...Англо-русский словарь Лингвистика-98
  7. vida—video image display assembly панель видеоконтрольных устройств...Англо-русский словарь технических аббревиатур
  8. vida—n ж. мя Вда Вайда....Англо-український словник Балла М.І.
  9. vida—f жизнь существованиеa vida loc. adv.em в живыхno qued nadie a vida никто не остался в живыхde por vida loc. adv.em пожизненно на всю жизнь навсегдаen la vida en mi tu...Большой испанско-русский словарь
  10. viða—va vt viai A hsi er vel via дом построен из хорошего леса D via eu a sr запасаться чемл. собирать копить чтол....Исландско-русский словарь
  11. vida—продолжительность работы срок службы VIDA DE SERVICIO срок службы...Испанско-русский политехнический словарь
  12. vida—f в соч. vida capulina М. беззаботная безмятежная жизнь...Испанско-русский словарь. Латинская Америка
  13. vida—f жизнь срок службы vida econmicavida econmica del pasvida ptima del equipovida tcnica del equipovida til del equipo...Испанско-русский экономический словарь
  14. vida—[vidvad] nВида Вайда женское имя...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
  15. vifda—[vfd] vivda...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
  16. vifda—vifda [vfd] vivdai...Новый большой англо-русский словарь II
  17. vida—Vida [vidvad] ni Вида Вайда женское имяi...Новый большой англо-русский словарь II
  18. vifda—vfd vivdaem...Новый большой англо-русский словарь под общим руководством акад. Ю.Д. Апресяна
  19. vida—vidvad n Вида Вайда женское имяem...Новый большой англо-русский словарь под общим руководством акад. Ю.Д. Апресяна
  20. vida—f жизнь существование dar a vida a algum родитьdar a vida por algum пожертвовать жизнью для коголganhar a vida зарабатывать себе на жизньem vida при жизни образ жизни...Португальско-русский словарь
  21. vida—ударение vidaвинт м винт шурупkk vida винтикnihayetsiz vida червячный винтsa vida винт правого вращенияsol vida винт левого вращения vidalar gevemek vidas eksik...Турецко-русский словарь
  22. vida—смотрика...Чешско-русский словарь
  23. vida—Далеко широко гораздо...Шведско-русский словарь II
  24. vida—vida.strong широко hon var vida knd fr sin sknhetона славилась своей красотой .strong далеко широко гораздо...Шведско-русский словарь