1170s in poetry

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Events

1170:

• Peire d'Alvernhe probably wrote Chantarai d'aquest trobadors during the summertime at Puivert

1173:

• Giraut de Bornelh composed a planh on the death of Raimbaut of Orange

Works published

Approximate date

• Serlo of Wilton, "Linquo coax ranis"

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

1170:

• Gaucelm Faidit (died 1202), Occitan troubadour (approx.)
• Hartmann von Aue (died 1210), German poet of the Middle High German period
• Wolfram von Eschenbach (died 1220), German knight and poet; as a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry
• Pons d'Ortaffa (died 1246), Catalan nobleman and troubadour
• Sighvatr Sturluson (died 1238), skald poet, goði and member of the Icelandic Sturlungar clan
• Walther von der Vogelweide (died 1230), Middle High German lyric poet

1171:

• Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume (died 1253), a Japanese poet (approx.)

1172:

• Shota Rustaveli (died 1216), Georgian poet

1173:

• Huguet de Mataplana (died 1213), troubadour, dies of wounds received in the Battle of Muret
• Kolbeinn Tumason (died 1208), Icelandic skald, composed Heyr himna smiður (Hear, Heavenly Creator)

1175:

• Peire Vidal (died 1205), Occitan troubadour (approx.)
• Henry I of Rodez (died 1221), French troubadour

1176:

• Elazar Rokeach (died 1238), a Talmudist, Cabalist, moralist, scientist and poet

1177:

• Gyōi (died 1217), Japanese poet and Buddhist monk
• Lal Shahbaz Qalander (died 1274), sufi saint, philosopher, poet, and qalandar
• Najmeddin Razi (died 1256), Persian Sufi

1178:

• Snorri Sturluson (died 1241), Icelandic poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1170:

• Hywel ab Owain Gwynedd (born unknown), Welsh
• Eliezer ben Nathan (born 1090), in Hebrew

1171:

• Dietmar von Aist (born 1140), an early Minnesänger (possible)
• Rabbeinu Tam (born 1100), Hebrew liturgical poet, in France

1173:

• Raimbaut of Orange (born 1147), Occitan troubadour
• Benoît de Sainte-Maure (born unknown), Anglo-Norman

1178:

• Bernard Silvestris (born 1085), a Latin poet in France (approx.)

See also

• Poetry
• 12th century in poetry
• 12th century in literature
• List of years in poetry

Other events:

• Other events of the 12th century
• Other events of the 13th century

12th century:

• 12th century in poetry
• 12th century in literature

Notes