An ensenhamen was an Old Occitan didactic poem associated with the troubadours. As a genre of Occitan literature, its limits have been open to debate since it was first defined in the 19th century. The word ensenhamen has many variations in old Occitan: essenhamen, ensegnamen, enseinhamen, and enseignmen.
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Partially Attested
Place of OriginSource names the genre as an Old Occitan poem associated with the troubadours; Occitania is inferred from the language and no place of origin is stated. Notable ExampleEnsenhamen de la donsela by Garin lo Brun (c. 1155) 1 Defining TraitDidactic poem, often lyric 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Ensenhamen
Lead, sentence 1 (troubadour association)
an Old Occitan didactic (often lyric) poem associated with the troubadours
Lead, earliest attestable ensenhamen sentence
The earliest attestable ensenhamen was written around 1155 by Garin lo Brun
Lead, sentence 1 (didactic characterisation)
didactic (often lyric) poem
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