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    Walahfrid Strabo's Visio Wettini
    Carmina Burana, Volume II
    Schliemann of Troy
    • Schliemann of Troy

      • 365 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      Using correspondence and diary entries, the author recounts the personal and professional life of the archeologist and exposes an unscrupulous individual who distorted facts and made false claims about some of his discoveries

      Schliemann of Troy
    • Carmina Burana, Volume II

      • 800 stránok
      • 28 hodin čítania

      Carmina Burana, the largest surviving collection of secular Medieval Latin verse, features poems on subjects ranging from sex and gambling to crusades and corruption. This new, two-volume presentation of the medieval classic makes the anthology accessible in its entirety to Latin lovers and English readers alike.

      Carmina Burana, Volume II
    • Walahfrid's Visio Wettini is the earliest extended account of an otherworld vision in verse and represents an important stage in the development of the genre almost 500 years before Dante. The visionary is escorted by an angel through hell, purgatory and paradise. This edition includes the only translation of and commentary on the poem. The text is based on a fresh recension of the manuscripts.

      Walahfrid Strabo's Visio Wettini