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OverviewPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ESSAY. (a) The Minstrels, $fr.] The word Minstret does not appear to have been in use here before the Norman conquest; whereas it had long before that time been adopted in France. Menestrel, so early as the eighth century, was a title given to the Maestro di Capelhi of K. Pepin, the father of Charlemagne; and afterwards to the Coryphieus, or leader of any band of musicians. [Vide Burney's Hist, of Alusic, ii. 268.] This term Menestrel, Menestrier, was thus expressed in Latin, MinuteUtu, Ministrellus, Ministrallvs, Meneste- relius, Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas PercyPublisher: General Books LLC Imprint: General Books LLC Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.577kg ISBN: 9780217983402ISBN 10: 0217983405 Pages: 394 Publication Date: 02 September 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD We will order this item for you from a manufatured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |