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Poems (Hardcover)
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Poems (Hardcover)
Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
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The eleven books of poetry by Venantius Fortunatus include
well-loved hymns, figure poems, epigrams on miracles, and elegies
in the voices of abandoned or exiled women. The sixth-century poet
began his career in northern Italy before moving to Gaul, where he
wrote for the remainder of his life-praising kings and elites of
the Merovingian dynasty and describing the natural scenery and
society of his adopted homeland during the transition from late
antiquity to the early Middle Ages. In his lively and inventive
style, Fortunatus also addressed verses to religious figures such
as his patron Gregory of Tours and to holy women such as Radegund,
founder of the Convent of the Holy Cross in Poitiers, and Agnes,
the convent's first abbess. Fortunatus's imaginative metaphors and
wry, self-mocking humor ensure his place in the canon of Christian
Latin poets. This volume presents for the first time in English
translation all of his poetry, apart from a single long saint's
life in verse.
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