Saber, sen i trobar: Ramon de Cornet i el Consistori de la Gaia Ciència
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The study of 14th-century Occitan poetry has been overshadowed by its alleged subjection to the
poetics of the contests organized by the Toulousain Consistory of the Gay Science. Moreover,
most scholars have criticized the Consistory for trying to impose an excessively contrived poetic
form, coupled with moral or pious contents, in compliance with Christian orthodoxy. The few
authors from that century who do not completely match that framework, such as Ramon de
Cornet – paradoxically, the author with a greater amount of preserved works and with a wider
diffusion - are considered an exception and even, in his case, an eccentric figure. But when
studying Cornet within his most immediate literary context, it becomes apparent that 14th century
poetics are the natural evolution of the late troubadour tradition and are in no way limited to the
alleged consistorial pressures. This can be illustrated by Ramon de Cornet’s “Al noble cavalier”