Monge de Montaudon

"Lo monges de Montaudon" from a 13th-century chansonnier now in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

The (Lo) Monge de Montaudon (meaning "monk of Montaudon") (fl. 1193–1210[1]), born Pèire de Vic, was a nobleman, monk, and troubadour from the Auvergne, born at the castle of Vic-sur-Cère near Aurillac, where he became a Benedictine monk around 1180.[2] According to his vida, he composed "couplets while he was in the monastery and sirventes on subjects that were popular in the region."[3]

  1. ^ Gaunt and Kay, Appendix I, 287.
  2. ^ Aubrey, 17.
  3. ^ Egan, 70.