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Show MINSTRELS' WORK IN :0RL& Troubadours Led Men's Thoughts to-Gentleness to-Gentleness Amid the Ferocity of the Middle Ages. The troubadours, called trovatore In Italy, originated In Provence, France. These minstrels of the middle ages, together wfth the practice of chivalry, helping to keep the world human at a period when fighting and bloodshed occupied oc-cupied the minds of men. The troubadour trou-badour 'was received with open arms In the castles of great nobles and at the courts of kings. He always knew there would be a place for him at the table, that he would have a generous portion of fowl roasted on the spit and as many goblets of wine as his thirst demanded. One can imagine the great hall lighted here and there with torches in scones, the huge fireplace fire-place ablaze; the lord of the castle with his family in rich attire sparkling spark-ling with Jewels, and in the midst of all, the most Important figure for the moment the slender young troubadour With his harp. He slng9 songs, words and air of his own composition. Some ef them are old folk, tales gathered tip and put "into verse, legend of surpassing sur-passing feats of valor, of miraculous prowess. Or they may pulsate with the heart throbs of that old, old, yet ever new, subject of love, and perhaps the young minstrel may steal an occasional occa-sional glance at his lordship's prettiest pretti-est daughter meanwhile. |