The Musical Sounds of Medieval French Cities
Players, Patrons, and Politics
- Author: Peters, Gretchen
Book
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Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Playing before the council: civic patronage in southern France
- 2. In honor of nobility: civic patronage in central France
- 3. For the honor and pleasure of the city: civic patronage in northern France
- 4. From confraternal processions to weddings to bathhouses: freelancing in the urban environment
- 5. Playing En Couble: professional relationships among minstrels
- 6. 'A minister of Satan' and 'An honor to the city': conflicting images of the medieval minstrel
- Appendix: musical instruments in the archival records of the study
- Bibliography.