Saints'' Lives

Henry of Avranches, professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and a pope, displays pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals the Carmina Burana and collections of rhymed secular verse. Yet The Saints' Lives also stands as self-conscious heir to the great classicizing tradition of twelfth-century epic poets.

About the author

David Townsend is Professor of Medieval Studies and English at the University of Toronto.

Summary

Henry of Avranches, professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and a pope, displays pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals the Carmina Burana and collections of rhymed secular verse. Yet The Saints' Lives also stands as self-conscious heir to the great classicizing tradition of twelfth-century epic poets.

Product details

• Authors: Henry of Avranches , Henry Of Avranc Henry Of Avranc, Henry, Henry of Avranches
• Assisted by: David Townsend (Editor), David Townsend (Translation), Townsend David (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9780674728653
• ISBN: 978-0-674-72865-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Christianity / Saints & Sainthood, Religious & spiritual leaders, Theology, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval