Barbe de Verrue

According to the legendary Poésies de Clotilde, Barbe de Verrue was French trouvère in the 13th century.[1] She was said to be an adopted child,[1][2] and a successful singer who traveled and performed her own songs. She performed songs about Griseldis, a poem titled Gallic Orpheus about the Gauls,[1] and another titled Aucassin and Nicolette.[2] Her work was described as "lively" and "gay", and not necessarily romantic.[3] She is memorialized as a figure in The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.[4]

References
  1. H. G. Adams (1857). A Cyclopædia of Female Biography: Consisting of Sketches of All Women who Have Been Distinguished by Great Talents, Strength of Character, Piety, Benevolence Or Moral Virtue of Any Kind : Forming a Complete Record of Womanly Excellence Or Ability. Groombridge. p. 90. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  2. Edgar Taylor (1825). Lays of the minnesingers or German troubadours of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green. p. 273. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. The Monthly Packet of Evening Readings for Younger Members of the English Church; Vol XVI, Jul-Dec 1858. 1858. p. 582. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. Chicago, Judy. The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation. London: Merrell (2007). ISBN 1-85894-370-1
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