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The reign of town poetry, of fabliaux and meistersang, comes later; the poets of the early Middle Ages, trouvères, troubadours, and minnesingers are, with barely one or two exceptions, all knights.

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

The Anglo-Norman trouvères rightly considered the Story of the Holy Grail the central point of interest of the Arthurian cycle, or the grand climax in the legend.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

The darkness of the Middle Ages reached its midnight, and slowly the dawn arose,—musical with the chirping of innumerable trouvères and minnesingers.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various

The Anglo-Norman trouvères arranged these tales in graduated circles around their nucleus, the legend of the Holy Grail.

From The Book of the Epic by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)

The trouvères were not only the inventors of the romances of chivalry, but they originated the allegories, and the dramatic compositions of southern Europe.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch