Answer: troubadours

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TROUBADOURSMedieval lyric poets
TROUBADOURSPerformers of folk songs
troubadoursTROUBADOUR, (French) any of a class of poet-musicians flourishing esp in southern France and northern Italy during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries
troubadoursA French medieval lyric poet composing and singing in Provenþal in the 11th to 13th centuries, esp. on the theme of courtly love
troubadoursA poet who writes verse to music