Henry of Avranches Book order

Henry of Avranches was a poet of the first half of the 13th century, writing in Latin. His work focused on courtly poetry and religious texts. He explored the capabilities of the Latin language for depicting contemporary themes and events. His style is vibrant and often laudatory.

2014
Saints Lives
304 pages
11 hours of reading
Henry of Avranches, professional versifier to abbots, bishops, kings, and a pope, displays pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals the Carmina Burana and collections of rhymed secular verse. Yet The Saints' Lives also stands as self-conscious heir to the great classicizing tradition of twelfth-century epic poets.

Saints Lives