The Anglo-Latin Satirical Poets and Epigrammatists of the Twelfth Century (Cambridge Library Collection - Rolls) (Volume 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108049079 ISBN 13: 9781108049078

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The nineteenth-century antiquarian Thomas Wright (1810–77) was a prolific scholar, editor and bibliographer. His two-volume anthology of twelfth-century Latin poetry, first published in 1872, is the fullest available and this reissue will be especially useful to scholars of medieval schools, religious life and satire, and those interested in medieval literature's relationship with the Latin classics. It remains the only published edition of important poems by Geoffrey of Winchester, Hugh the Chanter, Reginald of Canterbury, Serlo of Bayeux and Gualo Britto. Volume 1 contains Nigel Witeker's two most important satirical works: his beast epic Speculum Stultorum and his Contra Curiales. Also included are John of Salisbury's Entheticus ad Policraticum and John of Hauville's Architrenius, which describes the sorrowful journey of a fictitious mourner through the twelfth-century church, court and schools.

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Book Description

This two-volume anthology, published in 1872, remains an unrivalled collection of twelfth-century Latin poetry. Volume 1 comprises four important satirical works, including Nigel Witeker's Speculum stultorum and John of Hauville's Architrenius.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108049079
• ISBN 13: 9781108049078
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Wright Thomas