Taking one of its names from a passage in Dante's De vulgari eloquentia referring to the various forms of "yes" in Romance languages, for 10 points, name this language of the medieval troubadours in southern France.
The earliest known work in this language is a biography of Boethius, and the parable of the virgins was dramatized as Sponsus in tis language and Latin. One work in this language tells the story of a doomed romance between the basket-maker Vincent and the titular well-to-do maiden from La Crau. In addition to writing Calendau and the aforementioned Miréio, Frédéric Mistral was active in the Felibrige, a mid-19th century group which sought to promote this language. Traditional forms of poetry in this language include the funeral dirge planh and the debate-like tenso; the oldest surviving examples of both of these forms are attributed to Cercamon. More famous works in this tongue include the cantos of Bernard de Ventadorn, many of which were dedicated to Eleanor of Aquitane. Taking one of its names from a passage in Dante's De vulgari eloquentia referring to the various forms of "yes" in Romance languages, for 10 points, name this language of the medieval troubadours in southern France.
The earliest known work in this language is a biography of Boethius, and the parable of the virgins was dramatized as Sponsus in tis language and Latin.
{Occitan} or {Provençal}