The troubadours of the north of France wrote in French (langue d'oil) and were called called trouvères.— Recently Uploaded Slideshows
A few women trouvères were active in the thirteenth century, but none of their works survive with music.— Recently Uploaded Slideshows
It was not wonderful, therefore, that the _trouvères_ should fly upon this spoil.— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
At the north of Italy the influence of the trouvères was felt in like manner.— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11
The first of these, so far as unquestioned evidence goes, were French trouvères.— A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music

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