Venantius Fortunatus
Personal and Political Poems
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
192 pages
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© 1996
Venantius Fortunatus, writing in the latter half of the sixth century, was not only a major Latin poet, but also an important historical figure. He traveled as a young man to seek patronage in the courts of Merovingian Gaul, writing both formal and informal poetry for three of the royal brothers, Sigibert, Charibert and Chilperic, and for many influential figures in ecclesiastical and secular life. His poems paint a picture of a literary, not merely literate, culture, which complement’s Gregory’s canvas of bloodthirsty dynastic feuding.
Contents
Abbreviations
Genealogical table of the Merovingian Royal Family
Map of Europe at the time of Fortunatus
Introduction
Book Three
Book Four
Book Five
Book Six
Book Seven
Book Eight
Book Nine
Book Ten
Book Eleven
Appendix
Biographical notes
Select bibliography
Index
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