Epilonian Books

Rare, out-of-print & unusual books · Since 1997

Catalog notes

Description

Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Published 1965. Wraps, vi + 329 pp; 20 cm; text in German.

Condition & notes

In Very Good condition. Green leatherette over thin card stock, title and author stamped on the spine in silver. Very mild surface wear. Binding tight. Unmarked.A scholarly survey of Medieval Latin literature from late antiquity through the high medieval period, with chapter-length studies of Gregory of Tours and Venantius Fortunatus, Paulus Diaconus and the Carolingian "Academy" of Charlemagne, Notker Balbulus, Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, and the great wandering-scholar poets, the Primas Hugo of Orléans and the Archpoet. Karl Langosch (1903-1992) was a German medievalist.Contents: Gregor von Tours und Venantius Fortunatus, der merowingische Geschichtschreiber und der merowingische Dichter; Die "Akademie" Karls des Großen und der Langobarde Paulus Diaconus; Notker Balbulus; Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim; Der Primas und der Archipoeta, die Fürsten der Vagantenlyrik; Literatur.