Saints' Lives

by Henry of Avranches

The artistry, wit, and erudition of medieval Latin narrative poetry continued to thrive well into the middle of the thirteenth century. No better evidence of this survives than in the long and brilliantly successful career of Henry of Avranches (d. 1262). Professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and at least one pope, Henry displays a pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals that of the Carmina Burana and similar collections...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674728653
• ISBN13: 9780674728653
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.0"