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Title:
Wine, Women, and Song
Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse
Note: Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Sankar Viswanathan, and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
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Summary: "Wine, Women, and Song" by John Addington Symonds is a scholarly work written in the late 19th century. The book offers a translation of medieval Latin songs from wandering students, accompanied by an essay that examines the cultural and societal contexts of these lyrics. Through this collection, the author explores themes of love, pleasure, and the human experience during the often-misunderstood Middle Ages, challenging conventional perceptions of the era’s intellectual and moral landscape. The opening of the text introduces the reader to the contrasting views of the Middle Ages, characterized by a profound spiritual focus and often exaggerated claims of ignorance and superstition. Symonds articulates the need to reevaluate these stereotypes, presenting an alternative depiction through the vibrant, unapologetic, and often secular songs of the wandering students, who celebrated earthly pleasures. The narrative delves into the poets' backgrounds, their lifestyle as vagrant scholars, and the recurring motifs of love and wine in their compositions, aimed at redefining modern understanding of medieval intellectual and artistic life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Translator: Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893
EBook No.: 18044
Published: Mar 24, 2006
Downloads: 253
Language: English
Subject: Songs, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English
Subject: Goliards -- Songs and music -- Texts
Subject: Students' songs -- Europe -- Texts
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title:
Wine, Women, and Song
Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse
Note: Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Credits:
Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Sankar Viswanathan, and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http:
//www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Wine, Women, and Song" by John Addington Symonds is a scholarly work written in the late 19th century. The book offers a translation of medieval Latin songs from wandering students, accompanied by an essay that examines the cultural and societal contexts of these lyrics. Through this collection, the author explores themes of love, pleasure, and the human experience during the often-misunderstood Middle Ages, challenging conventional perceptions of the era’s intellectual and moral landscape. The opening of the text introduces the reader to the contrasting views of the Middle Ages, characterized by a profound spiritual focus and often exaggerated claims of ignorance and superstition. Symonds articulates the need to reevaluate these stereotypes, presenting an alternative depiction through the vibrant, unapologetic, and often secular songs of the wandering students, who celebrated earthly pleasures. The narrative delves into the poets' backgrounds, their lifestyle as vagrant scholars, and the recurring motifs of love and wine in their compositions, aimed at redefining modern understanding of medieval intellectual and artistic life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Translator: Symonds, John Addington, 1840-1893
EBook No.: 18044
Published: Mar 24, 2006
Downloads: 253
Language: English
Subject: Songs, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- Translations into English
Subject: Goliards -- Songs and music -- Texts
Subject: Students' songs -- Europe -- Texts
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.