Minnesingers
Minstrels. The earliest lyric poets of Germany were so called,
because the subject of their lyrics was minne-sang (love-ditty). These poets lived in the twelfth and thirteenth
centuries.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Minnesingers from Fact Monster:
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