Artist: Sinfonye, Stevie Wishart Title: Bella Domna: The Medieval Woman – Lover, Poet, Patroness & Saint Year Of Release: 1988 / 2023 Label: Hyperion Genre: Classical Quality: FLAC (tracks + booklet) Total Time: 59:36 Total Size: 273 MB Tracklist: 01. Cantigas de amigo: I. Ondas do mar de vigo 02. Cantigas de amigo: II. Mandad' ei comigo 03. Cantigas de amigo: III. Mia jrmana fremosa, treides comigo 04. Cantigas de amigo: IV. Aj deus, se sab'ora meu amigo 05. Cantigas de amigo: V. Quantas sabedes amar amigo 06. Cantigas de amigo: VI. Eno sagrado en vigo 07. Cantigas de amigo: VII. Aj ondas que eu vin veer 08. Domna, pos vos ay chausida 09. Estampie Royal No. 3 10. Onques n'amai tant que jou fui amee 11. Onques n'amai tant que jou fui amee (Instrumental Version) 12. Estampie Royal No. 6 13. Estampie Royal No. 4 14. A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu non volria 15. Danse Royale "No. 2" 16. Lasse, pour quoi refusai The Provençal Domna (courtly lady) was worshipped as an unobtainable lover or noble patroness. She had all the virtues of beauty and fine courtesy as well as being from a higher social sphere than her humble, lovelorn knight. In reality women suffered extreme discrimination. For St Jerome she was the gate of the devil; for Aquinas a necessary object needed to preserve the species and to provide food and drink. Her elevated status in the poetry of courtly love was a result of the artistic sophistication cultivated during the later twelfth century—a time when, in Occitania, women obtained increased territorial and governing powers. Eleanor of Aquitaine ruled from 1170 at Poitiers, where she established her court as an influential centre for Troubadour song and, together with other patrons such as Marie de Ventadorn, began to play a crucial role in its development and diffusion. The prevailing sentiments of l’amour courtois are encapsulated within the single surviving stanza of the dansa Domna, pos vos ay chausida