2007-01-16 12:46:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Troubadours/trouveres. Trouveres imitated the troubadours of the south of France. Here's an interesting piece on (short!):
http://www.medieval-life.net/troubadours.htm
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0849502.html
(Correction to the above: German troubadours were called "minnesingers". "Meistersingers" carried on from them:
http://fc.mv.k12.ma.us/~Dan_Murphy/Minnesinger%20Medieval%20History)
You could also use "minstrels".
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2662/mins.html
2007-01-16 20:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Troubadours, or Bards.
In a way, they were the mass media of their times. Very few people were literate, and what books existed were in Latin, so they acted as living history books and news media.
2007-01-16 21:01:03 · answer #2 · answered by jim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Troubadours.
2007-01-16 20:54:29 · answer #3 · answered by Hellogoodbye 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bards, troubadors,and minstrels.
2007-01-17 04:26:10 · answer #4 · answered by charliecizarny 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋