LOMBARDA
(*1190)
LOMBARDA French minstrel from Toulouse. ca. 1190. In the middle ages the name Lombard referred to those who dealt in money and it is therefore likely that she was the daughter of a banker. She is described by Boutiere as ‘a lady noble and beautiful, and gracious in her person and accomplished. She knew how to write poems, and she composed beautiful verses about love’. Don Barnat Arnaut, brother of the count of Armagnac, heard tell of her goodness and worth and he went to Toulouse to see her. He…