Show X v X literature owes much to early troubadours dours the troubadour was a knight and a poet A restless knight eternally on the go with a musical instrument slung over hla his bh und arid a sword at his side early euch each spring lie he sallied forth whim und and fancy directing hla his stretches from northern spain to provence in southern france and italy provence carpeted with wild flowers where thousands of tiny rivulets N n ind like silver lacings facings lac ings where the birds sing fine sweetly and skies ekies ure are ever to thu the troubadour we are indebted for a ast deal of our knowledge of the thought and customs of the time tile hit songs the flint lyrical poetry in ID leval europe form a TIU able supplement to history 2500 of them comprising drama ron romances lances and fables have been the language used ladgie doc now spoken only by a few french shepherds and back country folk Is 18 incontestably the richest and ac most harmonious that ever graced the literature of a people life mentor magazine |