The Romanesque Lyric: Studies in Its Background and Development from Petronius to the Cambridge Songs 50-1050

With Rendering into English Verse by Howard Mumford Jones Introduction xi I. The Province of Gaul 1 II. The Gallo-Roman World 17 III. Merovingian Gaul 37 IV. The Continuity of Themes 51 V. The Approach to Romanesque Poetry 66 VI. Main Trends of Early Romanesque Poetry 84 VII. Romanesque Outlook on Nature 115 VIII. Fortunatus and the Platonic Tradition 136 IX. Irish Culture in the Sixth Century 152 X. Irish Lyrics and Ballads 174 XI. Romanesque and the Near East 189 XII. The Carolingian Lyric 214 XIII. Romanesque Mimes, Monks, and Minstrels 244 XIV. The Cambridge Songs 271 Notes to Chapters 293 Latin Texts of the Translations 319 Index of First Lines 367 Index 370