Arnaut standing amidst an initial S in a 13th-century chansonnier. A chansonnier (cançoner cançonièr Galician and cancioneiro canzoniere or canzoniéro cancionero is a Manuscript or printed book which contains a

Arnaut de Mareuil, Maruelh, Marolh, Marol, Maroill, Maruoill, or Meruoill (fl. late 12th century) was a troubadour, composing lyric poetry in the Occitan language. A troubadour ( IPA:, originally) was a composer and performer of Occitan Lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100&ndash1350 Lyric poetry refers to a usually short poem that expresses personal feelings which may or may not be set to music Occitan ( IPA BrE: /ˈɒksɪtn/ AmE: /ˈɑksəˌtɑn/ known also as Lenga d'òc or Langue d'oc (native name occitan Twenty-five, perhaps twenty-nine, of his songs, all cansos, survive, six with music. The canso or canço is a Song style used by the Troubadours It consists of three parts

His name indicates that he came from Mareuil-sur-Belle (Dordogne) in Périgord. Dordogne (Dordonha is a department in central France named after the Dordogne River. The Périgord ( ( Occitan: Peiregòrd / Perigòrd) is a former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne He is said to have been a "clerk" from a poor family who eventually became a jongleur; he settled at the courts of Toulouse and then Béziers. minstrel was a medieval European Bard who performed songs whose lyrics told stories about distant places or about real or imaginary historical events Toulouse ( pronounced in standard French, and in the local accent ( Occitan: Tolosa, pronounced) is a city in southwest Béziers ( Besièrs in Occitan, and Besiers in Catalan) is a town in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. He apparently loved the countess Azalais, daughter of Raymond V of Toulouse, married to Roger II Trencavel, and Arnaut's surviving poems may be seen as a sequence (lyric cycle) telling of his love. Azalais of Toulouse (or Alais, or Adelaide of Béziers) was the daughter of count Raymond V of Toulouse and Constance of France Raymond V (1134&ndash1194 was count of Toulouse from 1148 until his death in 1194 Roger II Trencavel (died March 1194 was the Viscount of Carcassonne, Béziers, Razès, and Albi from 1167 or 1171 until his death Alfonso II of Aragon was his rival for Azalais's affections, and according to the razó to one of Arnaut's poems, the king jealously persuaded her to break off her friendship with Arnaut. Alfonso II (Aragon or Alfons I (Provence and Barcelona ( Huesca, 1157 &ndash Perpignan, 1196 called the Chaste or the Troubadour A razó or razo was a short piece of Occitan Prose detailing the circumstances of a Troubadour composition He fled to Montpellier, where he found a patron in count William VIII. Montpellier ( Occitan Montpelhièr) is a City in the south of France. William VIII of Montpellier (died 1202 was Lord of Montpellier, the son of William VII.

Arnaut de Mareuil was less famous than his contemporary Arnaut Daniel, but has been said to surpass him in elegant simplicity of form and delicacy of sentiment. Arnaut Daniel de Riberac (today Arnaut Danièl) was an Occitan Troubadour of the 12th century praised by Dante as " il miglior fabbro His cantaire (singer) and jongleur (minstrel, messenger) was Pistoleta. Pistoleta (fl 1185&ndash1228 was a Provençal Troubadour. His name (actually a nickname means "little letter (epistle" in Occitan.

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