Peire Vidal
Modern Standardized Name
Peire Vidal
Expedition Date/s
1186/7
Biography
Peire Vidal was a troubadour who was at the court of Raymond III of Tripoli in the months before the battle of Hattin in October 1187. Kevin Lewis proposes that the towns mentioned in Peire Vidal's song Ajostar e lassar suggest that Peire was in service with Raymond III during the latter's time in the kingdom of Jerusalem.
Bibliography
L. Paterson, Singing the Crusades: French and Occitan lyric responses to the crusading movements, 1137-1336 (Cambridge, 2018), pp. 69-74
Kevin Lewis, The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century: the Sons of St. Gilles (Abingdon: Routledge, 2017), pp. 261-4.
Kevin Lewis, The Counts of Tripoli and Lebanon in the Twelfth Century: the Sons of St. Gilles (Abingdon: Routledge, 2017), pp. 261-4.
Citation
“Peire Vidal,” Independent Crusaders Project, accessed July 4, 2024, https://independentcrusadersproject.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/2364.