Langue D'Oc

[helen99]

Just now by following a link on another journal, I found some interesting links:

http://www.languedoc-france.info/190403_paratge.htm
http://www.languedoc-france.info/1905_occitania.htm

Excerpt from the first link:

"Here is a later example from a famous coruscating indictment of a dead crusade leader, Simon de Montfort, referring to the epitaph on his original tomb at the Cathedral of Saint-Nazaire in Carcassonne. The inscription on it is now lost, but we know that it envisaged Simon as a saint enthroned in heaven, enjoying God's reward for his earthly deeds:"

"The epitaph says, for those who can read it,
    That he is a saint and martyr who shall breathe again
    And shall in wondrous joy inherit and flourish
    And wear a crown and sit on a heavenly throne.
And I have heard it said that this must be so -
  If by killing men and spilling blood,
    By wasting souls, and preaching murder,
    By following evil counsel, and raising fires,
    By ruining noblemen and besmirching paratge,
    By pillaging the country, and by exalting Pride,
    By stoking up wickedness and stifling good,
    By massacring women and their infants,
  A man can win Jesus in this world,
Then Simon surely wears a crown, respondent in heaven."

Comments

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

I'm finding all of this fascinating (and that passage lovely), but I keep reading Langue D'Oc like Aqueduct! straight out of Life of Brian.

What did the French ever do for us?
Langue D'Oc!

[helen99.livejournal.com]

...and the Wine,

[dancinglights.livejournal.com]

...and the cheese, yes, the cheese.

(I'm going to stop now before I clutter your comments page too badly)

[historychick49.livejournal.com]

Oooh, very nice. Snarky.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

I love how the author uses language to politely dismantle the opponent's argument, character, religion, afterlife, deity, fabric of reality, etc...