THE TROUBADOURS

BY

REV. H.J. CHAYTOR, M.A.



AUTHOR OF
"THE TROUBADOURS OF DANTE"
ETC.

Cambridge:
at the University Press
1912


_With the exception of the coat of arms at
the foot, the design on the title page is a
reproduction of one used by the earliest known
Cambridge printer, John Siberch, 1521_



PREFACE

This book, it is hoped, may serve as an introduction to the literature
of the Troubadours for readers who have no detailed or scientific
knowledge of the subject. I have, therefore, chosen for treatment the
Troubadours who are most famous or who display characteristics useful