Rigaut de Berbezilh

Rigaut, with his name spelled "Richautz de Barbesieu" above his picture, beside his vida introducing his works in a medieval chansonnier.

Rigaut de Berbezilh (also Berbezill or Barbesiu; French: Rigaud de Barbezieux, Latin: Rigaudus de Berbezillo) was a troubadour (fl. 1140–1163[1][2]) of the petty nobility of Saintonge. He was a great influence on the Sicilian School and is quoted in the Roman de la Rose. About fifteen of his poems survive, including one planh and nine or ten cansos.[1][2] His name is sometimes given as Richart or Richartz.

  1. ^ a b Aubrey, 8.
  2. ^ a b Gaunt and Kay, 290.