Clericus in Speculo
Studien zur lateinischen Verssatire des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts und Erstedition des “Speculum prelatorum”
Biographical note
Elisabeth Stein is Professor of Latin Philology at Wuppertal University and has published on medieval Latin literature.
Readership
All those interested in medieval culture and literature, the Fortleben of classical antiquity, satire as literary genre, as well as classical philologists, theologians and historians.
Reviews
'This thorough and careful book breaks new ground in the study of anticlerical verse and adds significantly to our store of medieval Latin satire.'
Martha Bayless, Speculum, April 2004.
Martha Bayless, Speculum, April 2004.
Table of contents
Vorwort
Teil I
1. Einleitung
2. Mittellateinische Satire in der Forschungdiskussion
3. Auswahl und Kurzcharakteristik der behandelten Werke
4. Untersuchung der Texte
Teil II Speculum Prelatorum- Erstedition des Lateinischen Textes
1. Einleitung
2. Speculum prelatorum
Literaturverzeichnis
Indices
Teil I
1. Einleitung
2. Mittellateinische Satire in der Forschungdiskussion
3. Auswahl und Kurzcharakteristik der behandelten Werke
4. Untersuchung der Texte
Teil II Speculum Prelatorum- Erstedition des Lateinischen Textes
1. Einleitung
2. Speculum prelatorum
Literaturverzeichnis
Indices
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