Poets and Emperors: Frankish Politics and Carolingian Poetry

by Peter Godman

Among the most original and exciting features of the Carolingian Renaissance is the reemergence of political poetry and the development of a vital tradition of verse which comments reflectively and contentiously on the course of public events. The rise of a circle of authors who gathered about Charlemagne, and maintained a close and reciprocal relationship with his imperial successors, marks a turning point in the intellectual history of the Middle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198128207
• ISBN13: 9780198128205
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.8"