High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The trobairitz (Occitan pronunciation: ) were Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries, active from around 1170 to approximately 1260. The word trobairitz was first used in the 13th-century romance Flamenca. It comes from the Proven al word trobar, the literal meaning of which is "to find," and the technical meaning of which is "to compose." The word trobairitz is used very rarely in medieval...