The trobairitz (Occitan pronunciation: [tɾuβajˈɾits]) were Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries, active from around 1170 to approximately 1260. [1] Trobairitz is both singular and plural.

2015年12月30日 · The trobairitz did follow the established troubadour musical traditions, but they weren’t slaves to them. “In fact, these trobairitz manipulated the male-dominated system to invent their distinctive and unique female voice.”

The trobairitz. T he troubadour revolution that burst onto the medieval European cultural scene is even more extraordinary thanks to the appearance of a minority —but very significant— group: women troubadours or trobairitz.

This is a list of troubadours and trobairitz, men and women who are known to have composed lyric verse in the Old Occitan language. They are listed alphabetically by first name. Those whose first name is uncertain or unknown are listed by nickname or title, ignoring any initial definite article (i.e., lo , la ).

2018年1月9日 · The term trobairitz is taken from a medieval narrative text, the Roman de Flamenca, where it is used to describe women who sing or perform poetry. It’s the feminine form of a more familiar term from the Occitan language: “troubadour”.

2023年3月25日 · The trobairitz are women poets who lived in the south of France, flourished in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, and composed in Occitan, the language of the region (trobairitz is the Occitan feminine form for troubadour).

In line with the greater equality enjoyed by women in Occitania - the Medieval Languedoc - compared to their sisters elsewhere in Christendom, a number of female troubadours are known. A woman troubadour is called a Trobairitz. The word trobairitz was first used in a 13th-century romance Flamenca.