#noble speech

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A thirteenth-century female troubadour, the trobairitz Bieiris de Romans, described her passionate love for a woman in her poetry:

Lovely woman, whom joy and noble speech uplift,

and merit, to you my stanzas go,

for in you are gaiety and happiness,

and all good things one could ask of a woman.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory