"Stendap-komediya" arose in the Middle Ages

The researcher from Cambridge university found the manuscript dated by the fifteenth century. The manuscript consists of three comic stories. These works — a rare example of culture of medieval wandering poets, minstrels. Research is published in the The Review of English Studies magazine. The word "minstrel" occurs from armor. minister — the attendant. Minstrels were key figures in musical culture of the Middle Ages. However, analyzing medieval sources, it is rather difficult to define exact position of minstrels in the society of that time. Some historians consider that...