This overview of Christian Latin poetry from the fourth to sixth centuries sets the works in their literary and historical context. It includes translations of

This collection of essays deals with the rise and development of early Christian poetry, discussing its techniques and its theoretical foundation. The individua

Christian Latin poetry from the fourth to sixth centuries was hugely influential on English and French medieval literature. In this, the first substantial overv

After centuries of near silence, Latin poetry underwent a renaissance in the late fourth and fifth centuries CE evidenced in the works of key figures such as Au

Before the invention of printing, all forms of writing were done by hand. For a literary text to circulate among readers, and to be transmitted from one period