Facts: - website: current_members = - title: list of past members - years active: 1997 & ndash ; present - past members: -lcb- -lcb- collapsible list - origin: england - label: nettwerk , venture/virgin/emi - genre: classical , traditional , a cappella - name: medival bbes - image size: 250 - background: group_or_band - image: medival bbes en concert.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of medival bbes .
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the medival bbes are a british ensemble of female musicians founded in the 1990s by dorothy carter and katharine blake .it included some of blake 's colleagues from the band miranda sex garden , as well as other friends who share her love of medieval music .the lineup often rotates from album to album , and ranges from six to twelve members .as of 2010 , the group sold some 500,000 records worldwide , their most successful being '' worldes blysse '' with 250,000 copies purchased .