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Secular literature in this period was not produced in equal quantity as religious literature, but much has survived and we possess today a rich corpus.

The subject of " courtly love " became important in the 11th century, especially in the Romance languages ( in the French, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, Catalan, Provençal languages, most notably ) and Greek, where the traveling singers — troubadours — made a living from their songs.

The writings of the troubadours are often associated with unrequited longing, but this is not entirely accurate ( see aubade, for instance ).

In Germany, the Minnesänger continued the tradition of the troubadours.