Guilhem Olivier d’Arles, "Sert es qui a mal vezi" (BdT 246.14); Id., "Escrig truep ieu en Salomo" (BdT 246.22)

Abstract

In his coblas Sert es qui a mal vezi (BdT 246.14) and Escrig truep ieu en Salomo (BdT 246.22) Guilhem de l'Olivier d'Arles translates the traditional poetry of the troubadours into the new ideology of urban chivalry that was governing the municipalities along the river Rhone. In these two poems the themes of ‘word’, of friendship, of the Court and wisdom are adapted to the urban environment. The semantic analysis, the identification of the sources used by the poet, place these verses in the midst of a campaign to build a new municipal culture, different and distant from feudal culture