Jaufré Rudel, his ‘distant love’, and the death of the distant lover in his vida
2021.08.23 | By Gregory Nagy §0. In the medieval textual tradition recording the songs of a troubadour named Jaufré Rudel, who dates back to the 12th century CE, we read references in his Song 5 to ‘a distant love’, un amor de loing, experienced by the poet in the melancholy… Read more