According to the legendary Poésies de Clotilde, Barbe de Verrue was a French trouvère in the 13th century.[1] She was said to be an adopted child,[1][2] and a successful singer who traveled and performed her own songs. She performed songs about Griseldis, a poem titled Gallic Orpheus about the Gauls,[1] and another titled Aucassin and Nicolette.[2] Her work was described as "lively" and "gay", and not necessarily romantic.[3] She is memorialized as a figure in The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c H. G. Adams (1857). A Cyclopædia of Female Biography: Consisting of Sketches of All Women who Have Been Distinguished by Great Talents, Strength of Character, Piety, Benevolence Or Moral Virtue of Any Kind : Forming a Complete Record of Womanly Excellence Or Ability. Groombridge. p. 90. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ a b Edgar Taylor (1825). Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. p. 273. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church; Vol XVI, Jul-Dec 1858. 1858. p. 582. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Chicago, Judy. The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation. London: Merrell (2007). ISBN 1-85894-370-1