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Poems / Venantius Fortunatus ; edited and translated by Michael Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600, author.
- Series:
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 46.
- Dumbarton Oaks medieval library ; 46
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600--Translations into English.
- Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus.
- Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600.
- Merovingians--Poetry.
- Merovingians.
- History.
- France--History--To 987--Poetry.
- France.
- Genre:
- History.
- Poetry.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 910 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017.
- Language Note:
- Texts in Latin with English translations on facing pages; introduction and notes in English.
- Summary:
- The present volume is the first English translation of all twelve books of Fortunatus's poetry. The only poem omitted is the hexameter Vita Sancti Martini. Books 1 to 3 and 5 are addressed to figures in the church or deal with religious matters; Books 6 and 7 are addressed to secular figures. Book 4 stands apart and is made up entirely of epitaphs, including to church and secular figures, and Book 8 gathers poems dedicated to the Convent of the Holy Cross, its founder, Radegund, and its abbess, Agnes, along with a succession of poems to Fortunatus's chief patron, Gregory of Tours. Fortunatus adopts a variety of tones in his poetic corpus, but characteristically praise of his subject or addressee plays a prominent role. The subjects include the great and the good in Merovingian society, from substantial panegyrics of kings to less ambitious compositions on bishops or other clergy that rehearse their virtues, including charitable, preaching, and building activities. Preserved among Fortunatus's poems are eight letters in prose--nine, if the dedicatory letter to Gregory is included--and two prose treatises,the first, on the Lord's Prayer, incomplete.-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Container of: Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600. Poems. Selections. 2017.
- Container of: Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600. Poems. Selections. English. 2017.
- ISBN:
- 9780674974920
- 0674974921
- OCLC:
- 959649251
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