Troubadours and Minnesänger

Poets

• Bernart de Ventadorn ( 1150-1180 ) See The Songs of Bernart de Ventadorn (Complete texts, translations, notes, and glossary). Edited by Stephen G. Nichols, Jr. and John A. Galm with others. North Carolina, 1962.
• Bertran de Born ( fl. 1180 )
• Walther von der Vogelweide ( 1170-1230 )
• Gottfried von Strassburg ( fl. 1210 ).
• Wolfram von Eschenbach ( 1170-1220 ).
• Gottfried von Strassburg ( Early 13th c.)

Also, don't miss Meg Bogin, The Women Troubadours. Norton, 198. An attractive bilingual presentation of about fifteen poets.
Collections
Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry. Selected and translated by Paul Blackburn and edited and introduced by George Economou ( California, 1978 ).

Studies
Robert Briffault, The Troubadours. ( Indiana, 1965 ).

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