#  Virgil in the Middle Ages 

 





 Semester:   Fall 

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 Year offered:  2012 

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 Link: [Course Website](http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/11903) 

 

 

 

Catalog Number: 11903   
*Jan Ziolkowski*   
*Half course (fall term). Tu., 2–4. EXAM GROUP: 16, 17*  
Examines the reception of Virgil in the Middle Ages. Considers approaches taken to the *Aeneid* in particular in medieval education, from the most literal glosses and commentary in grammar schools to the allegorizations found in more advanced milieux. Surveys adaptations of Virgil’s poems by vernacular poets (especially English, French, Italian, and German). Focuses also on folklore associated with Virgil and his poetry.