Traveling secular musician in Medieval France. They were minstrels who spread news, entertained, taught new dances, and did magic. They specialized in songs of courtly love. ( Lesson 4, Page 1) HEAR IT
Group of 12th and 13th century French Provençal poets including Jaufre Rudel, Arnaut Daniel and Bernart de Ventadorn. They invented a wide range of complex verse forms (see French forms) and frequently wrote about 'courtly' love.