'The Gods Have Faces': The Biblical Epigrams and Short Poems of Hildebert of Lavardin

by Marc Wolterbeek

Hildebert of Lavardin is one of the great poets of the Middle Ages, praised for his elegant style by his contemporaries and by modern scholars alike. He occupies a seminal position in the revival of learning in the late Middle Ages known as the Twelfth Century Renaissance, and his mastery of classical Latin style was so refined that some of his works were long considered products of Antiquity. This collection of Hildebert's biblical epigrams and short...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503612814
• ISBN13: 9782503612812
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 2.52 lbs.