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" Venantius Fortunatus : "
translated with notes and introduction by Judith George.
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BL
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847945
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Poems.English
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| Main Entry
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Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus,approximately 540-approximately 600
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Venantius Fortunatus : : personal and political poems /\ translated with notes and introduction by Judith George.
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Liverpool :: Liverpool University Press,, 1995.
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| Series Statement
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Translated texts for historians ;; v. 23
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xxv, 156 pages :: map ;; 21 cm
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0853231796
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: 9780853231790
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-149) and index.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus,approximately 540-approximately 600-- Translations into English.
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Fortunat,approximately 540-approximately 600-- Traductions anglaises.
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Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus,approximately 540-approximately 600.
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Merovingians, Poetry.
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Political poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)-- Translations into English.
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Mérovingiens, Poésie.
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Poésie politique latine médiévale et moderne-- Traductions anglaises.
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Merovingians.
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Political poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
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France, History, To 987, Poetry.
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France.
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| Dewey Classification
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871/.02
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| LC Classification
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PA8310.F7A25 1995
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18.46bcl
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George, Judith W.
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| Parallel Title
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Personal and political poems
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