Indeed, Lead (you again?! ;-) ). "Medieval banquets" are commercial functions run by companies for profit, pandering to customers whose ideas of "medieval" are generally garnered from 80's- Hollywood! You get the general idea (e.g. medieval people did not throw food around, any more than we do).

Medieval music, even if played in modern performance style, to modern equal temperament tuning, on modern instruments, is very different to the modern ear, even if you're interested in it. If you're not... And the more you work back towards "original performance (as far as it's possible)...