Troubadours


noun
1.
one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d’oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love.
Compare trouvère.
2.
any wandering singer or minstrel.
noun
1.
any of a class of lyric poets who flourished principally in Provence and N Italy from the 11th to the 13th centuries, writing chiefly on courtly love in complex metric form
2.
a singer

troubadours definition

Traveling poet-musicians who flourished in southern Europe during the twelfth century. They wrote songs about chivalry and love.

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