troubadour

Summary

troubadour is a historical profession^[1]. troubadour ranks in the top 8% of historical_profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,026 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• troubadour's instance of is recorded as historical profession^[3].
• troubadour's genre is Occitan literature^[4].
• troubadour is a type of poet^[5].
• troubadour is a type of singer-songwriter^[6].
• troubadour is a type of musician^[7].
• troubadour is a type of singer^[8].
• troubadour's Commons category is recorded as Troubadours^[9].
• troubadour's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Troubadours^[10].
• troubadour's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary^[11].
• troubadour's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[12].
• troubadour's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[13].
• troubadour's partially coincident with is recorded as minstrel^[14].
• troubadour's partially coincident with is recorded as jongleur^[15].
• troubadour's partially coincident with is recorded as Minnesänger^[16].
• troubadour's partially coincident with is recorded as trouvère^[17].
• troubadour's partially coincident with is recorded as ballad singer^[18].
• troubadour's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Old Occitan^[19].
• troubadour's different from is recorded as Trubadurzy^[20].
• troubadour dates from the High Middle Ages^[21].
• troubadour's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Trobadorin'}^[22].
• troubadour's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'trovadora'}^[23].
• troubadour's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'oc', 'text': 'trobairitz'}^[24].
• troubadour's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'troubadouresse'}^[25].
• troubadour's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'trobadorino'}^[26].
• troubadour's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'trubadurino'}^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

troubadour's instance of is recorded as historical profession^[3]. Recorded subclass of include poet^[5], singer-songwriter^[6], musician^[7], and singer^[8].

Influence

Things named for troubadour include Troubadour style^[28], an art movement^[29], in France^[30]; Cacofonix^[31], a fictional human^[32]; and troubadoric poetry^[33], a lyric poetry genre^[34].

Why It Matters

troubadour ranks in the top 8% of historical_profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,026 views/month).^[2] troubadour has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] troubadour is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for troubadour include Troubadour style^[28], an art movement^[29], in France^[30]; Cacofonix^[31], a fictional human^[32]; and troubadoric poetry^[33], a lyric poetry genre^[34].