generic designation. Vida first appears in the rubrics of certain 14th-century
chansonniers.
Elizabeth W.Poe
[See also: BERTRAN DE BORN; TROUBADOUR POETRY]
Boutière, Jean, and Alexander H.Schutz, eds. Biographies des troubadours: textes provençaux des
XIIIe et XIVe siècles. 2nd ed. rev. with Irénée-M.Cluzel. Paris: Nizet, 1964.
Egar, Margarita, ed. and trans. The Vidas of the Troubadours. New York: Garland, 1984.
Favati, Guido, ed. Le biografie trovadoriche, testi provenzali dei secoli XIIIe XIV: edizione critica.
Bologna: Palmaverde, 1961.
Poe, Elizabeth W. From Poetry to Prose in Old Provençal. Birmingham: Summa, 1984.
VIENNE
. Under the name of Vienna Senatoria, Vienne (Isère) became a Roman colony and the
capital of the province of Gaul shortly after Julius Caesar’s death. Later, it was capital of
the kingdom of Burgundy (413–534) and from 879 to 1032 was the capital of the so-
called kingdom of Arles. Its archbishops, who from 1119 bore the title of primate of
Gaul, divided its territory with the dauphins of the Viennois until the accession of Louis
IX, when it was absorbed by the province of Dauphiné. In 1311, the city hosted the
fifteenth ecumenical council, at which Clement V pronounced the suppression of the
Templars.
The former cathedral of Saint-Maurice was begun in the early 11th century and
completed in the 15th. In the 13th century, the choir, apse, and aisles were reconstructed
around the original Romanesque nave. In the 14th century, chapels were built along the
length of the church. In the 15th century, the church was extended to twelve bays, and the
vaulting, western façade, and two flanking towers were completed. The absence of a
transept and the uninterrupted garland of the triforium exaggerate the low (82 feet at its
highest point) and long (297 feet) proportions of the structure. The Flamboyant western
front (14th and 15th c.) is preceded by a broad flight of steps descending toward the
Rhône River. The three gabled portals of the
Vienne (Isère), Saint-Pierre, restored
plan. After Reynaud.
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