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Minnesingers
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Minnesingers (Poetry) 
Lyric poets of Germany in the 12th to 14th centuries, all men of noble birth who received royal patronage and who wrote mainly of courtly love. They were succeeded by the Meistersingers.
Sidelight: The Minnesingers used the collective term, Minnesang, for their work on themes of courtly love.
(See also Improvisatore, Jongleur, Minstrel, Troubadour, Trouvere)
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