Peire Lunel de Montech

Peire Lunel de Montech (fl. 1326–1384), also known as Cavalier Lunel or Peire de Lunel, was a lawyer, politician and author of Toulouse. His name indicates he was a knight (cavalier in Occitan) from Montech. In his youth he was a troubadour. A canso, a Crusading song, a sirventes, an ensenhamen and some moralising coblas esparsas survive of his work. The Crusading song is dated to around 1326. It is a critique of King Charles IV for promising a Crusade and doing nothing. Lunel's sirventes, was written at the height of the Black Death in 1348.

Peire Lunel de Montech

Peire Lunel de Montech (fl. 1326–1384), also known as Cavalier Lunel or Peire de Lunel, was a lawyer, politician and author of Toulouse. His name indicates he was a knight (cavalier in Occitan) from Montech. In his youth he was a troubadour. A canso, a Crusading song, a sirventes, an ensenhamen and some moralising coblas esparsas survive of his work. The Crusading song is dated to around 1326. It is a critique of King Charles IV for promising a Crusade and doing nothing. Lunel's sirventes, was written at the height of the Black Death in 1348.