Arnaut de Maroill e l'Italia dei trovatori

The contribution questions the hypothesis of a Genoese stay of the troubadour Arnaut de Maroill advanced by Tobias Leuker, on the basis of his analysis of Arnaut's three songs addressing a "Genoes". Examination of the three texts, extended to the rest of the troubadour's production, highlights Arnaut's predilection for some favourite themes and motifs, often of Ovidian derivation, fixed in formulas and images that enjoy great success in contemporary and later troubadour production. The presence of Arnaut's influence links some of the great troubadours active in Italy at the end of the twelfth century and the beginning of the thirteenth, reinforcing the probability of Arnaut de Maroill's presence in Italy, although not necessarily in Genoa. This suggests he may have played a significant role in the diffusion of Occitan poetry in the north-western courts, as well as in the emergence of the first circle of Italian troubadours composing in Occitan.