ON THE CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD (De contemptu mundi): Bilingual edition English - Latin

by Bernard of Cluny

De contemptu mundi (On Contempt for the World) is the most well-known work of Bernard of Cluny. It is a 3,000 verse poem of stinging satire directed against the secular and religious failings he observed in the world around him. He spares no one; priests, nuns, bishops, monks, and even Rome itself are mercilessly scourged for their shortcomings. For this reason it was first printed by Matthias Flacius in Varia poemata de...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CVN4B182
• ISBN13: 9798879346114
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"