The English Medieval Minstrel

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 TELEGRAPHOriginally the word minstrel' meant little servant 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.Southworth, John V. is the author of 'The English Medieval Minstrel', published 1989 under ISBN 9780851155364 and ISBN 0851155367.