translated with notes and introduction by Judith George.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Liverpool :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Liverpool University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1995.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxv, 156 pages :
Other Physical Details
map ;
Dimensions
21 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Translated texts for historians ;
Volume Designation
v. 23
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-149) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Venantius Fortunatus, writing in the latter half of the sixth century, was not only a major Latin poet, but also an important historical figure. Born in the north of Italy and given a classical education in Ravenna, he travelled 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. He settled eventually in Poitiers, as the close friend of the ex-queen Radegund, of Agnes, abbess of the community Radegund had founded, and the major historian of the period, Gregory of Tours. In the period of cultural transition, he played an important part in adapting and developing literary traditions, influencing not only his contemporaries but also succeeding generations. He also played a personal role in events of national and international significance; his poems allow us vivid glimpses of the individual lives and characters of his patrons, painting a picture of a literary, not merely literate, culture, which complement's Gregory's canvas of bloodthirsty dynastic feuding."--Jacket.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Venantius Fortunatus.
PIECE
Title
Translated texts for historians
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Poems.
Form Subheading
Selections.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Personal and political poems
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus,approximately 540-approximately 600-- Translations into English.