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The English Medieval Minstrel

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As a popular history [it] has considerable merits and offers a number of interesting suggestions. SPECULUM

Goes deeper than the history of a profession: it suggests a new way of looking at the exercise of power useful and rewarding. Eric Christiansen in the DAILY TELEGRAPH

Originally the word ‘minstrel' meant ‘littleservant to the king'and the crux of the profession was versatility musical skills were never enough in themselves. Fools, acrobats, singers, conjurors and puppeteers, this is the...