Minstrels

Minstrels were Medieval European bards. They performed songs about faraway places and/or about a real(or not) events. Minstrels usually create their own tales, but sometimes the would memorize and use others' works too. Minstrels were replaced at court by the troubadours, and a lot of them became wandering minstrels who performed on the streets. A lot of people liked them until the middle of the Renaissance,


Minstrels are also one of the playable job on some games (especially RPGs) like Ragnarok Online. They, like the real minstrels, usually attack and help others by performing songs.

And they pretty much are the "great great great great great great great grandfathers" of today's street performers.(I'm serious guys. They ARE that old).