Dating and historical circumstances:
While the piece itself contains no datable allusions, it is reasonable to assume it was composed in the 1170s, in the same period as the other song securely attributable to Peire Bremon lo Tort, BdT 331.1 (see the General Note to that piece), and which, like the present composition, appears in DIKc. Lines 9-11 make it clear that it was composed in the Holy Land.