Carmina Burana

Carmina Burana , literally "Songs from Beuern," is named after the village where the manuscript was found. The songbook consists of nearly 250 poems, on subjects ranging from sex and gambling to crusades and corruption. Compiled in the thirteenth century in South Tyrol, a German-speaking region of Italy, it is the largest surviving collection of secular Medieval Latin verse and provides insights into the vibrant social, spiritual, and intellectual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674660250
• ISBN13: 9780674660250
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.2"