WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define troubadour
A
a wandering magician of the medieval Europe
B
a warrior for hire of the medieval Europe
C
a wandering poet or singer of the medieval Europe
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -noun. one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d’oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère. any wandering singer or minstrel.

Detailed explanation-2: -The troubadours and trouvères were medieval poet-musicians who created one of the first repertories of vernacular song to be written down.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Troubadour music was most popular during the High Middle Ages. It flourished from the late 11th century to the late 13th century. Troubadours were writers and performers of lyric poetry.

Detailed explanation-4: -Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère.

Detailed explanation-5: -Troubadours were poet-musicians who first appeared in the late 11th century in Occitania. Occitania was the Medieval name for an area encompassing modern-day Southern France, Northern Italy, and Northern Spain.

Detailed explanation-6: -Medieval singers were known as troubadours. This term makes reference to poets, composers and musicians who wrote and sang elaborate compositions mainly about courtly love and romance during the Middle Ages in Italy, France and Spain.

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