The sirventes is about the victory of
Charles of Anjou over
Conradin at the
Battle of Tagliacozzo (1268). The partimen, "Si paradis et enfernz son aital", is a dilemma on the nature of
Heaven and
Hell (c. 1250). The debaters are known only as Aicart and Girart, but they have long been identified with Aycart and Girard. The partimen is preserved in a manuscript from
Bergamo, where it has a
Latinrazo.
Further reading
Bastard, Antoine de. "Aicart del Fossat et les événements politiques en Italie (1268)." Mélanges de philologie romane dédiés à la mémoire de Jean Boutière (1899–1967), 1:51–75 (Liège, 1971).
Gresti, Paolo. "Un nuovo trovatore italiano? Osservazioni sul partimen tra Aycard de Fossat e Girard Cavalaz, Si paradis et enfernz son aital (BdT 6A.1)", p. 341–354. Il genere ‹tenzone› nelle letterature romanze delle Origini. Atti del convegno internazionale, Lausanne, 13–15 November 1997, edd. M. Pedroni and A. Stäuble. Ravenna, 1999.