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[Conference Paper] Recycling the Troubadours in Hebrew: Todros Abulafia, Hebrew Troubadour at the Court of Alfonso X

Posted on February 26, 2011 by David Wacks

In a previous post I discussed two poems of Todros Abulafia in the context of the troubadour poetry of his day. This post is the text of an academic conference paper that grew out of the previous post on Abulafia. … Continue reading →

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A Hebrew Troubadour in Spain?

Posted on January 28, 2011 by David Wacks

Troubadours were Western Europe’s first highbrow poets to sing in the vernacular (French, Portuguese, German, etc.) as opposed to in Latin. Troubadours did not invent vernacular poetry. People have always sung in whatever language they spoke. What has new about … Continue reading →

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