Poems

Venantius Fortunatus, a master of the short praise poem and a canonical Christian Latin poet, wrote eleven volumes of hymns, epigrams, elegies, and other religious and epistolary verses addressed to kings, bishops, and abbesses. This volume presents for the first time in English translation all of his poetry, apart from a single long saint's life.

About the author

Michael Roberts is Robert Rich Professor of Latin at Wesleyan University.

Summary

Venantius Fortunatus, a master of the short praise poem and a canonical Christian Latin poet, wrote eleven volumes of hymns, epigrams, elegies, and other religious and epistolary verses addressed to kings, bishops, and abbesses. This volume presents for the first time in English translation all of his poetry, apart from a single long saint’s life.

Product details

• Authors: Venantius Fortunatus, Fortunatus Venantius
• Assisted by: Michael Roberts (Editor), Michael Roberts (Translation), Michael Roberts (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9780674974920
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97492-0
• No. of pages: 944
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; POETRY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Poetry by individual poets, Poetry / poems by individual poets