- Biography, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Christian poetry, Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
"Marco Girolamo Vida (1485-1566), humanist and bishop, came to prominence as a Latin poet in the Rome of Leo X and Clement VII. It was Leo who commissioned his famous epic, the Christiad, a retelling of the life of Christ in the style of Vergil, which was eventually published in 1535.
BiographyChristian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)Christian poetryChristian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)Criticism and interpretationEarly works to 1800Latin poetry, Medieval and modernMedieval and modern Latin poetryTranslations into EnglishLeben ChristiLatin poetry, medieval and modern, translations into english
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Grave, epic, earnest and resolved.
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- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Marco Girolamo Vida
- First published
- 1569
- Pages
- 284
- Publisher
- e Typographeo Clarendoniano, Harvard University Press, printed for the author, and sold by R. Baldwin
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- lat, English
- ISBN
- 9780674034082
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- Biography
- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Christian poetry
- Christian poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Criticism and interpretation
- Early works to 1800
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern
- Medieval and modern Latin poetry
- Translations into English
- Leben Christi
- Latin poetry, medieval and modern, translations into english
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