The Rote Player: Coming of Age in Medieval France

By age sixteen, Adenet was an accomplished musician and poet. His uncle, Cadenet, a trouvére, had taught him to play the rôte, a small stringed instrument, and now he feels that he's ready to pursue his dream of becoming a court entertainer. He leaves his childhood home south of Chartres and begins his journey that will take him to hamlets and market towns in the northeast region around Paris in the mid-thirteenth century. He had learned to love the songs and poetry of the time, the Age of ...