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A troubadour was someone who composed and performed Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages. A female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.

Troubadour songs were mainly about chivalry and courtly love. Many were humorous or vulgar satires. A Troubadour was considered a profession with great honor.

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  • BnF ms. 854 fol. 49 - Perdigon (1)

    The troubadour Perdigon playing his fiddle.

  • Vilém9

    William IX of Aquitaine portrayed as a knight, who first composed poetry on returning from the Crusade of 1101

  • Vielles and Citole, Manuscript T (El Escorial, Biblioteca del Real Monasterio, MS. T. I. 1), fol. 5r, detail

    Musicians in the time of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. These were in the court of the king, two vielle players and one citoler.

  • Perceval Doria

    Late 16th-century Italian cursive on paper, recording a song of Perceval Doria

  • BnF ms. 12473 fol. 110v - Na Castelloza (2)

    Castelloza

  • BnF ms. 854 fol. 135 - Le moine de Montaudon (1)

    The Monge de Montaudon receiving a sparrow hawk as a prize for his performance in a contest

See also

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