Jongleur

Medieval Jongleurs: The Jongleurs can be described as a court attendant or other people such as a traveler who, for hire, recited or sang verses and performed other acts for the entertainment of the audience including that of a conjuror or a juggler. Jongleur is the French word for a juggler. Often the Jongleurs role was to assist the Troubadours or Minstrels. The Jongleurs were often collaborators or assistants of Medieval Troubadours or Minstrels. Jongleurs gained a reputation of itinerant entertainers of Medieval France and in Norman England where many were deemed to be vagabonds and untrustworthy. Eventually, this reputation caused Jongleurs to be outlawed.