DANIEL, ARNAULT (fl. late 12th century), French troubadour, was born at Ribeyrac in Perigord and became a mem ber of the court of Richard, the lion-hearted. He has become famous through the praise of Dante who ranks him with the Lustful in the seventh circle of purgatory. Arnault's amatory poems, though often obscure, are technical masterpieces of versi fication.
See E. Canello, La Vita e le opere del trovatore Arnaldo Daniel (Halle, 1883) and Les Poesies d'Arnaut Daniel, Reedition critique d'apres Canello (Toulouse, 191o) .