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troubadour
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A troubadour was a medieval musician and poet, typically from southern France, who composed and performed songs often about love and courtly life. They were influential figures in the development of European music and literature, helping to establish many of the poetic forms and musical traditions that would shape Western culture.
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- Subclass of
- singer
- Languages spoken
- Old Occitan
- Genre
- Occitan literature
- Image
- King David and musicians from Olomouc Bible, folio 276R, color enhanced.jpg
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- female form of label
- trobairitz
- male form of label
- trubadūras
- Commons category
- Troubadours
- topic's main category
- Category:Troubadours
- time period
- High Middle Ages
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- Etymology
- Origins
- Arabic
- Bernardine-Marianist
- Celtic or chivalric-matriarchal
- Classical Latin
- Crypto-Cathar
- Liturgical
- Feudal-social
- Folklore
- Medieval Latin or Goliardic
- Neoplatonic
- History
- Early period
- Spread
- Classical period
- Lives
- Status
- ''Trobadors'' and ''joglars''
- ''Vidas'' and ''razos''
- ''Podestà''-troubadours
- Trobairitz
- Works
- Schools and styles
- Genres
- Performance
- Music
- Grammars and dictionaries
- Legacy
- Transmission
- Table of chansonniers
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|right|The troubadour Perdigon playing his fiddle
A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word troubadour is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a trobairitz.
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