THE TROUBADOURS. |

valor, so certain subtle recitations of the minstrels
roused the insurgent sons of Eleanora to rebellion
and deeds of blood. ‘The peace of a kingdom, the
ties of kindred, the affairs of state, were over-
turned by a mere song. Chief of these political

 

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France, and Spain, exciting passion, distrust, and
hatred among high and low. So skilful was
he in creating discord and manipulating intrigue,
that Dante fittingly assigned him a place in the
Lnferno.

IN THE REIGN OF ELEANOR OF PROVENCE.

Troubadours, and a personal friend of these war-
_ like sons of Eleanora, was the Baron Bertrand
de Bosn. This French nobleman was a born
revolutionist, impetuous, violent, and his verses
on the lips of Troubadours, penetrated England,

of one of the earliest Troubadours, whose works
have reached down to our day; and many of the
songs of that day are addressed to hers One
of her Troubadour train, after a life of devotion to
poetry and romance, became a monk and ended

Eleanora herself was the granddaughter