Trouve'res

a class of poets who appeared in the north of France during the twelfth century. They correspond to the troubadours of the south. While the Langue d'oc or Provencal tongue was declining gradually in the south, a new language, Langue d'oui was maturing, and with it a literature was developing in the north. The names of troubadour and trouve're are simply different forms of the same word. The poetry of the trouve'res is as different from that of the troubadours as is their language. The trouve'res produced epics and narrative poems instead of lyrics. Their subjects were the romances of chivalry and tales of supernatural occurrences, including three distinct classes, those relating to King Arthur, those relating to Amadis, the Gaul, and those concerning Charlemagne and his paladins. Allegories, fables in verse, and the dramatic compositions of the mysteries were also among the productions of the Trouve'res. See Troubadours