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Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, 1180-1230 -- II. THE POLITICAL LYRIC: DEFINITION, GENERAL CONTENTS, MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS -- III. THE POLITICAL LYRIC: CONVENTIONS, TECHNIQUES, STYLE -- IV. THE POETS AND THEIR POEMS -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: POLITICAL POEMS, FRANCE AND GERMANY, 1180-1230 -- A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX