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  • 1Troubadour — A troubadour (IPA: IPA| [tɾuβaˈðuɾ] , originally IPA| [tɾuβaˈðoɾ] ) was a composer and performer of Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100 ndash;1350). The troubadour school or tradition began in the eleventh century in Occitania …

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  • 2troubadour — /trooh beuh dawr , dohr , door /, n. 1. one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d oc, chiefly on themes… …

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  • 3troubadour — n. medieval European poet and musician; wandering singer; wandering musician; wandering poet …

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  • 4troubadour — Synonyms and related words: Ahasuerus, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Flying Dutchman, Goliard, Meistersinger, Odysseus, Oisin, Ossian, Parnassian, Ulysses, arch poet, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, bard, beat poet,… …

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  • 5troubadour — trou•ba•dour [[t]ˈtru bəˌdɔr, ˌdoʊr, ˌdʊər[/t]] n. 1) lit. one of a class of lyric poets who lived principally in S France from the 11th to 13th centuries and wrote songs and poems in langue d oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love Compare… …

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  • 6troubadour —   n. medieval romantic poet; wandering minstrel …

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  • 7HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …

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  • 8John Austin (songwriter) — John Austin is an American songwriter and singer. Background Austin was born in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia and grew up as the son of a preacher outside of Washington, D.C.. At age 19 he set off for Chicago and began performing his songs …

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  • 9Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 10POETRY — This article is arranged according to the following outline (for modern poetry, see hebrew literature , Modern; see also prosody ): biblical poetry introduction the search for identifiable indicators of biblical poetry the presence of poetry in… …

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