In fact, during the battles fought between Raimon Trencavel and Raymond St. Gilles the peasants and other members of the third bestate/b suffered after villages and farms were burned and destroyed until Occitania looked like a barren desert. ... The troubadours of bPons de/b la Garcia, Giraut bde Salignac/b, and Arnaut bde/b Mareuil fell in love with her and sang of their great passion for na Azalais. For a while Arnaut bde/b Mareuil gained favor with n'Alazais. ...
