Troubadour
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A troubadour was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages. Since the word troubadour is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a trobai
The troubadour Perdigon playing his fiddle
William IX of Aquitaine portrayed as a knight, who first composed poetry on returning from the Crusade of 1101
Trobadours, 14th century
Musicians in the time of the Cantigas de Santa Maria. These were in the court of the king, two vielle players and one citoler.
Occitania
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Occitania is the historical region in southern Europe where the Occitan language is historically spoken and where it persists today as a local language. This cultural area roughly encompasses much of
Troubadour
…is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a trobairitz. The troubadour school or tradition began in the late 11th century in Occitania, but it subsequently spread to the Italian and Iberian Peninsulas. Under the influence of the troubadours, related movements sprang up throughout Europe…
Gordes, a typical Provençal village
View from a part of the old town of Toulouse, former capital of Languedoc
Port de la Lune, Bordeaux
"Speak French Be Clean," written across the wall of a Southern French school