UID:
almafu_9961386436102883
Format:
1 online resource (477 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-80010-936-9
Content:
A major new study piecing together the intriguing but fragmentary evidence surrounding the lives of minstrels to highlight how these seemingly peripheral figures were keenly involved with all aspects of late medieval communities.
Note:
Minstrels and Minstrelsy in Late Medieval England -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Musical examples -- Abbreviations -- A note on references -- A note on money -- A note on dates -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Minstrels and Minstrelsy in the Elite Households -- 1 The royal households and their minstrels -- 2 The life of a royal minstrel -- 3 Recruitment, training and retirement -- 4 Minstrelsy at Court -- 5 Minstrelsy in noble and ecclesiastical households -- Part II. Urban Minstrelsy -- 6 Minstrelsy in the towns -- 7 Civic minstrels -- Part III. On the Road -- 8 Minstrels on the road -- 9 Minstrel itineraries -- 10 The regulation and protection of minstrels -- Part IV. Minstrel Performance -- 11 The enigma of the minstrels' songs -- 12 Professional recitation before the fourteenth century -- 13 Minstrels and heralds and chivalric fame -- 14 Instruments and Performers -- 15 The instrumental repertory in England -- Envoi -- Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-83765-039-X
Language:
English
