O troubadourismwas a literary movement that prevailed in Europe during the Middle Ages. The main European countries that adopted it were Portugal, Spain and France.
It is considered as one of the best known genres among Europeans in the period in question.
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Exercises on Troubadourism
1 — What are troubadour productions called?
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2 — Troubadorism is a mixture of which artistic expressions?
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3 — How were the composer, musician and dancers of Troubadourism called?
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4 — Why was Troubadourism an itinerant movement?
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5 — Name three characteristics of troubadourism.
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6 — What was the context in which Troubadourism developed?
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7 — Cite and characterize the troubadour songs.
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8 — Why is feudalism used metaphorically by troubadourism?
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1 — Songs.
2 — Music and poetic language.
3 — The composer was the troubadour; the musician was called a minstrel; and the dancers were dancers or soldadeiras.
4 — Because they traveled through the manors, towns and courts propagating political events in their compositions and presenting ideas.
5 — Composed of singing, accompanied by musical instruments and idealized love.
6 — Troubadourism developed in a context marked by a strongly hierarchical society, with no possibility of social mobility, structured on feudalism and influenced by the Catholic Church.
7 — Love songs were marked by deep feelings in which suffering in love was the central theme.
Cantigas de amigo were usually represented by a female voice in which the lady exposes her feelings discreetly. The friend is sometimes the suitor, the husband or lover.
Curse songs use coarse language to criticize someone.
Scornful songs, in an ironic way, adopt hints and words with double meanings.
8 — Because some songs reproduced feudal structures recognizing the authority of the feudal lord. In addition, some love songs used feudal terms, such as servant and vassal, as a way of declaring oneself to the beloved.
See too:
- Summary of Feudalism
- Catholic Church in the Middle Ages
- Medieval Culture
- medieval art history