The Minor Latin Works: With in Praise of Peace

by Michael Livingston and John Gower

Book Overview

Gower's achievement in writing substantially in all three primary languages of his time-Anglo-French, English, and Latin-was a source of pride to others and, undoubtedly, to him too: into the final years of his life he continued to produce poetry in all three languages. Certainly there is reason to know these poems for the light they shed on the intense partisanship and events of great moment surrounding the usurpation 1399-1400. It was during these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580440975
• ISBN13: 9781580440974
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.0" x 7.0"