Alfred Jeanroy
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Alfred Jeanroy (5 July 1859 – 13 March 1953) was a French linguist.
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Jeanroy was a leading scholar studying troubadour poetry, publishing over 600 works. He established an influential view of the second generation of troubadours divided into two camps: “idealists” (e.g. Jaufre Rudel, Ebles de Ventadorn) and “realists” (e.g. Marcabru).[1]