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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 first book to tell the whole of the minstrels' story and put it into a developing historical perspective.
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 first book to tell the whole of the minstrels' story and put it into a developing historical perspective.
Price: $120.00
Pages: 204
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Boydell Press
Publication Date:
30 November 1989
Trim Size: 9.21 X 6.14 in
ISBN: 9780851155364
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, European history: medieval period, middle ages
As a popular history [it] has considerable merits and offers a number of interesting suggestions.