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Itinerant poet
Wandering minstrel, bard, or other poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An itinerant poet or strolling minstrel (also known variously as a gleeman, circler, or cantabank) was a wandering minstrel, bard, musician, or other poet common in medieval Europe but extinct today. Itinerant poets were from a lower class than jesters or jongleurs, as they did not have steady work, instead travelling to make a living.[1]
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