Description: This volume presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. The collection is further augmented by verse as varied as Christmas poems and satires on the venality of the Roman Curia and immoral bishops.
Brief description: Christopher McDonough is Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto.
Review Quotes: The material in the volume repays study and the scholarly apparatus is impressive...This volume should receive a warm welcome. [The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library] will be a boon to professional medievalists, their students and the general reader, and every good library ought to own the series.--Keith Sidwell "Times Literary Supplement" (5/6/2011 12:00:00 AM)