The poets and musicians of medieval France were called troubadours, Trenwell, and Troubadour. Medieval aristocratic poets and musicians originated in the Provence region of France. The southern troubadours were called Troubadour and the northern troubadours were called Trenwell. They wrote monophonic secular poems, often about love. , current affairs evaluation and heroic epic, using pastoral love songs, dawn songs, elegies, villelays, rondos, narrative songs and other genres to write. German troubadours are called love poets.