Guido delle Colonne

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Guido delle Colonne was a 13th-century Italian poet and judge associated with the Sicilian School, best known for his contributions to early Italian lyric poetry and his Latin prose work "Historia destructionis Troiae."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian poet
Latin prose author
judge
medieval writer
person
activity composed love lyrics
served as a judge
associatedWith Sicilian School NERFINISHED
courtly love tradition
basedOn Roman de Troie NERFINISHED
belongsTo early Italian literature
centuryActive 13th century
chronology active in the late 13th century
culturalContext Sicilian court culture
era High Middle Ages
genre historical prose
lyric poetry
romance
historicalPeriod Middle Ages NERFINISHED
influenced Renaissance writers on Troy
later medieval Trojan narratives
influencedBy Sicilian School poets NERFINISHED
languageOfWork Italian
Latin
literaryForm courtly lyric
historical narrative
literaryTradition Italian lyric poetry
movement Sicilian School NERFINISHED
name Guido delle Colonne NERFINISHED
nationality Italian
notableWork Historia destructionis Troiae NERFINISHED
occupation author
judge
poet
regionActive Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
subjectOfWork Trojan War NERFINISHED
classical mythology
theme chivalry
heroic warfare
love
usedSourceLanguage Old French sources for Trojan material
workStatus Historia destructionis Troiae is extant NERFINISHED
some Italian poems survive only in fragments
wroteInProse Historia destructionis Troiae NERFINISHED
wroteInVerse Italian lyric poems

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The Destruction of Troy basedOnAuthor Guido delle Colonne
Sicilian School of poetry hasNotableMember Guido delle Colonne