Walter of Chatillon's 'Alexandreis': Epic and the Problem of Historical Understanding (Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin) de M K Lafferty - 1998-04-30

Belgium: Brepols. Good with no dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Softcover. 2503505767 . KB55...xii, 218 pp. Bibliography, general index, source index. Octavo. Cream card covers with oxblood title and design blocks. Minor shelf wear, top corner of text block has slight storage crease, otherwise clean and unmarked. In English with some Latin. ; Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin; Vol. 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages .

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Turnhout Brepols 1998. Paperback, 240 p., 16 x 25. ISBN 9782503505763. This study presents Walter of Chatillon?s Alexandreis and his exploration of the problems of interpretating not only languages, but also the texts, philosophies, religions and literatures of the past. Walter of Chatillon, the twelfth-century Latin poet now famed for his satirical lyrics, acquired international renown in the Middle Ages for his epic on Alexander the Great, the Alexandreis. This work did for the Middle Ages what Vergil had done for the Romans, proving the ability of the moderni to rival the ancients in learning and the arts. The Alexandreis immediately joined the Aeneid in the medieval paideia and was read in schoolrooms throughout Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The Alexandreis enters into the twelfth-century debate about education. The intellectual world was rapidly changing, as the schools became specialized and professionalized, threatening the hitherto secure position of the liberal arts and… Leer más