Chapter 38
The matter of Troy in medieval Latin poetry (ca. 1060 – ca. 1230)
The present chapter discusses Latin poems dealing with the Trojan matter from the rise of such
poetry around 1060 up to the early 13th century, when poems in the vernacular become dominating. Discussed poets or
anonymous poems (in italics) include Wido of Ivrea, Godfrey of Reims, Baudri of Bourgueil, the Deidamia
Achilli, the Heu male te cupimus, the Sub uespere Troianis menibus, the
Carmina Burana 92, 99–102, the Anna soror ut quid mori, Hugh Primas, Pierre de
Saintes, Peter Riga, the Alea fortunae, Simon Capra Aurea, the Altercatio Ganymedis et
Helenae, the Causae Aiacis et Ulixis I–II, the Quis partus Troiae and
the Bella minans Asiae. A short postface offers a rapid synopsis of the vernacular literature that
marks the late Middle Ages.
Keywords: medieval Latin poetry, Renaissance of the twelfth century, Versus Eporedienses, Godfrey of Reims, Baudri of Bourgueil, Carmina Burana, Hugh Primas, Pierre de Saintes, Peter Riga, Simon Chèvre d’Or, Walter of Châtillon, Matthew of Vendôme
Article outline
- Metrical poetry of the late 11th century I: Wido of Ivrea and Godfrey of Reims (Translatio and Dichterstolz)
- Metrical poetry of the late eleventh century II: Imitation of Ovidian Heroides (Baudri of Bourgueil’s carm. 7–8 and the
anonymous Deidamia Achilli)
- Lyrical planctus of the eleventh and twelfth centuries
- The metrical planctus CB 101 (Pergama flere uolo) and its imitations
- A poetic diptych: The Ilias of Simon Chèvre d’Or
- Debate poems
- School poems on Troy
- Conclusion
- Postface
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Notes
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References