troubadours in English

noun

1

a French medieval lyric poet composing and singing in Provençal in the 11th to 13th centuries, especially on the theme of courtly love.

The term buskers originates from an old French word for troubadours - minstrels, love singers or poets.

synonyms: minstrel, singer, balladeer, poet, bard, jongleur

noun

• minstrel, singer, balladeer, poet, bard, jongleur
• minstrel, folk singer, jongleur

Use "troubadours" in a sentence

1. Like many of his contemporary troubadours, Peire merely composed contrafacta.

2. (His delay was criticised by troubadours such as Bertran de Born.)

3. In medieval France buskers were known by the terms troubadours and jongleurs.

4. The third chapter under the title Courtly Love: Passion and the Poetry of Troubadours tends to analyze the origin and elaboration of the medieval concept of Courtly love as developed by the Troubadours of the high Middle Ages.

5. On the other hand, lo Viellz could refer to his being of an early generation of troubadours.

6. According to Chirac, his name "originates from the langue d'oc, that of the troubadours, therefore that of poetry".

7. Troubadours even went so far as to suggest that one must tend towards heaven through the love of women.

8. Among the other troubadours Peire encountered in his travels were Aimeric de Belenoi and Raimon de Miraval.

9. It was the world in which the troubadours flourished, some of whose lyrics touched on political and religious subjects.

10. Antsy McClain & the Trailer Park Troubadours are based in Nashville, TN, but they're as far from country's mainstream as you can get

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12. The music of the trouvères was similar to that of the troubadours, but was able to survive into the thirteenth century unaffected by the Albigensian Crusade.

13. The troubadours believed that courtly love was the source of social and moral refinement, that courteous acts and noble deeds had their origin in love.

14. Under the influence of the troubadours, related movements sprang up throughout Europe: the Minnesang in Germany, trovadorismo in Galicia and Portugal, and that of the trouvères in northern France.

15. Antsy McClain and members of The Trailer Park Troubadours – Singer/songwriter Antsy McClain, along with members of the band, will be performing throughout the weekend, conducting music, writing and creativity discussions

16. The definition of an Alba is a lyrical love song sung by troubadours, often about leaving each other at dawn. An example of an Alba is a tune about leaving one's lover after a romantic night together.

17. Chivalric or Courtly Love (known in medieval France as "fine love" or fin amour) originated with the so-called troubadours of the late eleventh century.Promoting a suave new form of paganism which they called Gai Saber (literally, "the happy wisdom" or "gay science"), these colorful figures from the Provence region of southern France effectively challenged and sought to