trouvère

American  

[troo-vair, troo-ver] / truˈvɛər, truˈvɛr /

noun

plural

trouvères

1. one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the chansons de geste and works on the themes of courtly love.

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trouvère British  

/ truvœr, truvɛr, truːˈvɛə /

noun

1. any of a group of poets of N France during the 12th and 13th centuries who composed chiefly narrative works

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Etymology

Origin of trouvère

1785–95; < French; Old French troveor, equivalent to trov ( er ) to find, compose ( see trover) + -eor < Latin -ātor -ator

Example Sentences

To such a society the strongly realistic Carolingian epic had ceased to appeal: the tales of the Welsh and Breton bards, repeated by trouvère and jongleur, troubadour and minnesinger, came as a revelation.

From Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II by Lee, Vernon

The cheerful bird-voice of the trouvère, the half artificial but not wholly insincere intensity of his brethren of the langue d'oc, will never miss their meed.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

Guyot de Provins, trouvère, 78. ---- or Kyot, author of Provençal Percevale, trouvère, 30.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

In the first part all the love-poetry of troubadour and trouvère is gathered up and presented under the guise of a graceful dreamy symbolism, a little though not much sicklied o'er with learning.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

And of this we fortunately have in English a poetical version from the great trouvère among the poets of our day, the late Mr William Morris.

From The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) by Saintsbury, George

Related Words

• troubadour