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Alfred Jeanroy

1859 – 1953

French linguist

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Lived 1859 – 1953 (aged 93). Alfred Jeanroy was a French linguist, university teacher, romanist and philologist.

Alfred Jeanroy (5 July 1859 – 13 March 1953) was a French linguist.

Jeanroy was a leading scholar studying troubadour poetry, publishing over 600 works. He established an influential view of the second generation of troubadours divided into two camps: “idealists” (e.g. Jaufre Rudel, Ebles de Ventadorn) and “realists” (e.g. Marcabru).

Selected works 1893: Mystères provençaux du quinzième siècle, publié avec une introduction et un glossaire par A. Jeanroy et H. Teulié, Toulouse, Privat. 1913: Les chansons de Guillaume IX, duc d’Aquitaine: (1071–1127), Paris, Champion. 1914: Les Joies du Gai Savoir: Recueil de poésies couronnées par le consistoire de la Gaie Science (1324–1484), publ. avec la trad. de J. B. Noulet, rev. et corr.; une introd., des notes et un glossaire, Toulouse, Privat / Paris, Picard. 1922: Les Poésies de Cercamon, Paris, Champion. 1924: La geste de Guillaume Fièrebrace et de Rainouart au Tinel, d’après les poèmes des XIIe et XIIIe siècles, de Boccard, Paris. 1925: Les origines de la poésie lyrique en France au moyen age: études de littérature française et comparée, suivies de textes inédits, Paris: H. Champion, 3.ª ed. 1927: Anthologie des troubadours, XIIe-XIIIe siècles. Introduction, traductions et notes par Alfred Jeanroy. 1934: La poésie lyrique des troubadours, Toulouse, Privat / Paris, Didier. 1945: Histoire sommaire de la poésie occitane. Des origines à la fin du XVIIIe, Toulouse, Privat / Paris, Didier. 1957: Jongleurs et troubadours gascons des XIIe et XIIIe siècles, Paris, Champion.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
École pratique des hautes études, École Normale Supérieure
Employers
University of Poitiers, University of Paris, École pratique des hautes études, University of Toulouse (1896-1968)
Awards
Bordin Prize; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Alfred Jeanroy's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Alfred Jeanroy?

French linguist (1859–1953)

When was Alfred Jeanroy born?

Alfred Jeanroy was born on 5 July 1859 in Mangiennes.

When did Alfred Jeanroy die?

Alfred Jeanroy died on 4 March 1953 in Saint-Jean, Paris.

What was Alfred Jeanroy's occupation?

Alfred Jeanroy was a linguist, university teacher, romanist and philologist.

What nationality was Alfred Jeanroy?

Alfred Jeanroy was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alfred Jeanroy

· Wikidata: Q977424

· DBpedia: Alfred Jeanroy

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