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A-Z: General definitions: Troubador
Definition
A medieval male French poet who journeyed around France and Italy from the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, performing his sung and recited compositions for the rich. A favoured theme was chivalry and courtly love.
Belonging to the Middle Ages.
A tradition of aristocratic love-making developed in the medieval period, wherein a knightly lover woos a lady at distance. The literature of this tradition is often highly allegorical.
