Nicholas Sammond writes in Birth of An Industry that early animated characters like Felix the Cat, Bimbo, Bosko, and Mickey Mouse " weren't just like Minstrels, they were Minstrels."
Nicholas Sammond 在《个行业的诞生》中写到,早期动画角色象是菲利克斯猫、Bimbo、博斯库、和米老鼠“不只是诗人,他们其实就是诗人”。
Neither Louis nor Henry had very high opinions of the troubadours, but Eleanor held them in high esteem, and after her separation from Henry, she set up her own court at Poitiers and surrounded herself again with artists.
The bards sang of the brave deeds of their ancestors and praised the accomplishments of warrior kings — and composed biting satires about cowardly or selfish leaders.
O'Farrell has built her story on two facts we know to be true about " The Bard" : his son Hamnet died at the age of 11, and a couple years later, Shakespeare wrote a tragedy called Hamlet.
In 1582, Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway — not that one — the daughter of a local landowner who was eight years senior to the 18-year-old bard.
The Bard's Ariel was truly gender neutral despite only called " he" only a few times, but on stage the character has been portrayed as both male and female.
The emergence of courtly love in southern France in the 12th century is all thanks to the troubadours, or poet-minstrels, who would either travel from town to town or be retained by a local court to provide their entertainment.