Medieval Latin and the Rise of European Love-Lyric, in Two Volumes: Volume I: Problems and Interpretations; Volume II: Medieval Latin Love-Poetry

xxii, 331; xii, 335-603 pp. Contains new preface. Two volume set. Illuminates the development of vernacular love-lyric in medieval Europe, showing it in relation to the Latin poetry of the time and to the world of ideas that Latin made accessible. Revisions have been made in both the texts and translations, after a fresh examination of the manuscript evidence.