Peire Guilhem de Luserna

On the other hand, it may be Lusarne (Luserna in Italian) in the Leberon valley in Provence, on the road between Reillane in the Basses-Alpes and Bastide-des-Jourdans.

In 1220 Aimeric de Peguilhan, then at the Malaspina court, mentioned him in a poem—Ni un autre tirador / qu’eu no vuoill dir de Luserna—as being among a quintet of Occitan poets at Saluzzo: Peire, Perceval Doria, Nicoletto da Torino, Chantarel, and Trufarel, all of whom Aimeric despised (and feared as a competition).

During the height of the conflict between the Emperor Frederick II and Milan, Peire wrote En aquest gai sonet leuger ("In this light, gay song"), dedicated to Giovanna: This song can be roughly dated.

Frederick was at odds with Milan in 1225–7 and 1230–3, but shortly after 2 March 1226, when the Lombard League was renewed is most probable time.

Peire also wrote a defence of Cunizza da Romano in the form of a tenso with Uc de Saint Circ (Qi na Cuniça guerreia, "Who fights for Lady Cunizza"), a coblas esparsa which begins Be.s met en gran aventura ("Well is put to great risk"), a religious canso to the Virgin Mary (Ai, Vergena, en cui ai m'entendenza!, "Ah, Virgin, to whom my thought is turned!