The emergence of secular music: The so-called secular music is non-religious music outside Christianity, from the 11th century, in France around Provence. There were some knight-turned-minstrels. They are also known as Trobados. They sing from one place to another. Lyrics and music are basically what they do and sometimes they hire roamers, who in those days were known as “Junglers.”. They write and sing songs that are often. It’s a more rhyming poem than the biblical Latin Prose of religious music. The songs they make are often melodious. A lyrical and subtle quality. It’s mostly stories from life. Then similar singers appeared in the north of France, also known as trowel. In the 12th century, similar singers appeared in Germany. They were also called “Poets in love”.