Guillaume Troubadour and the Englins (towards the construction of the "Welsh" hypothesis of the origin of European rhyming stanzas)

The subject of the study is real and probable connections Aquitanian (and in particular Poitevin) poetry High Middle Ages with traditions early Medieval Celtic Welsh) literature. A narrower topic research was influence Welsh poems form Englyns on samples Guillaume IX's poetry, primarily forms englyn milwr penfyr. An additional metric features these Englyns. At same time, a broader possible origin exact rhymes continental all subsequent historical periods from an ancient poetic source. novelty lies fact that, firstly, within its framework, for first time European literary studies, specific metrics were considered, secondly, hypothesis presented about source troubadours their followers, this confirmed by separate facts, as well general directions work her indicated. Important conclusions author are: 1) considered against background "Arabic" "Latin" hypotheses found no less consistent, 2) demonstrated much greater looseness meter than researchers who wrote them imagined, formulas each two mentioned established, help formulas, non-syllabic character Englins proved.