University researchers have been awarded a grant of almost £900,000 to produce a new edition of the works of a medieval "giant" of Welsh poetry. The grant, to the University of Wales' Centre for ...

Time Mechanics," builds on recent scholarship on contemporary poetry in relation to medieval literature, focusing on postmodern poets who work with the medieval in a variety of ways. Such recent ...

François Villon (c.1421-c.1463) is one of the most popular medieval poets in French literature. His life is as enigmatic as his poetry is memorable. Writing at the height of the “Courtly Love ...

POET, MYSTIC, WIDOW, WIFE: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women, by Hetta Howes “Do you not realize that Eve is you?” That scathing question was uttered by Tertullian, an early Christian ...

Just like us, medieval people wanted to live long, healthy lives and hoped to emulate long-lived relatives. The 14th-century Italian poet Petrarch’s grandfather supposedly lived to be 104 ...

“Most medieval poetry, song and storytelling has been lost," said Wade. “Manuscripts often preserve relics of high art. This is something else. It’s mad and offensive, but just as valuabl ...

Iran has been the land of literature for centuries. Saadi Shirazi is one of the Iranian poets with international fame. His poetry has become popular throughout the world. Being one of the most ...

It was through the mystical medieval poets Rumi as well as Hafez that he started to reconnect with his cultural heritage. He found meaning and power in those works, and following deep study ...

For about a century, this iconic status protected the medieval poet from being publicly impugned. When scholars did speak, they would gentlemanly gloss over the accusation as an “experience,” ...