Dear Susan-Marie, You have raised an interesting question that as someone who has spent some time wandering around Medieval and Renaissance Music has not found. Does anyone following this thread know of a good album of folk ballads of the period done on original instruments, etc.? I know that this shades into more familiar folk music territory, but is there anyone who has done for them what (for example) has been done for troubadour and trouveres music? All I know is bits and pieces sandwiches between the "higher class" pieces.

Yours, Peter T.