Satires. Eupolemius

Informationen zum Autor Ronald E. Pepin earned his PhD in Classics at Fordham University. He is Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Capital Community College, Hartford, CT. Jan M. Ziolkowski is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin in the Department of the Classics at Harvard University. Klappentext The satires of Amarcius unrelentingly attack both secular vices and ecclesiastical abuses of the late eleventh century. The "Eupolemius" is a late-eleventh-century Latin epic that recasts salvation history, from Lucifer's fall through Christ's resurrection, fusing Greek and Hebrew components within a uniquely medieval framework. Zusammenfassung The Satires of Amarcius unrelentingly attack both secular vices and ecclesiastical abuses of the late eleventh century. The Eupolemius is a late-eleventh-century Latin epic that recasts salvation history, from Lucifer’s fall through Christ’s resurrection, fusing Greek and Hebrew components within a uniquely medieval framework.

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• Authors: Amarcius, 11th Cent. Amarcius, Sextus Amarcius, Sextus/ Pepin Amarcius
• Assisted by: Jan M Ziolkowski (Editor), Jan M. Ziolkowski (Editor), Ronald Pepin (Translation), Ronald E Pepin (Translation), Ronald E. Pepin (Translation), Jan M Ziolkowski (Translation), Jan M. Ziolkowski (Translation), Jan M. Ziolkowski (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2011
• EAN: 9780674060029
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06002-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; POETRY / General, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets