| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| jongleurs |
| (zhông-glör´) (KEY) , itinerant entertainers of the Middle Ages in France and Norman England. Their repertoire included dancing, conjuring, acrobatics, the feats of the modern juggler, singing, and storytelling. Many were skilled in playing musical instruments. The jongleurs were often collaborators or assistants of troubadours or trouvères. |
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