This article is about the 12th-century anonymous Latin poet. For the early Irish concept of "arch-poet", see Ollam.
Anonymous 12th-century Latin poet
Archpoet
Born
c. 1130
Died
c. 1165
Pen name
Archipoeta
Language
Medieval Latin
Genre
Courtly poetry
Literary movement
Goliard
Notable works
"Confession"
A cellarer testing his wine. (13th century)
The Archpoet (c. 1130 – c. 1165),[1] or Archipoeta (in Latin and German),[2] is the name given to an anonymous 12th-century author of ten medieval Latin poems, the most famous being his "Confession" found in the Carmina Burana manuscript (under CB 191). Along with Hugh Primas of Orléans (with whom he has sometimes been confused),[nb 1] he is cited as the best exemplar of Goliardic poetry[3] and one of the stellar poets of the Latin Middle Ages.[4]
Knowledge about him comes essentially from his poems found in manuscripts:[5] his noble birth[6] in an unspecified region of Western Europe,[7][8] his respectable and classical education,[9][10] his association with Archchancellor Rainald of Dassel's court,[11] and his poetic activity linked to it in both content and purpose.[4][12] As such, it has been speculated that the bibulous, extravagant personality emanating from his work could be only serving as a façade despite its apparent autobiographical trend.[13]
The Archpoet (c. 1130 – c. 1165), or Archipoeta (in Latin and German), is the name given to an anonymous 12th-century author of ten medieval Latin poems...
of Blois, Walter of Châtillon and an anonymous poet referred to as the Archpoet. The collection was found in 1803 in the Benedictine monastery of Benediktbeuern...
to Paris to become a scholar. In Paris, he gains friends (such as the Archpoet, Abdul, Robert de Boron and Kyot, the purported source of Wolfram von Eschenbach's...
1155) Ailred of Rievaulx (1110–1167) Otto of Freising (c. 1114–1158) Archpoet (c. 1130 – c. 1165) William of Tyre (c. 1130–1185) Peter of Blois (c. 1135 –...
A Companion to Chaucer (2008), p. 94. Sean Ward, "Circa 1175–1195: The Archpoet and Goliard Poetry", in A New History of German Literature, edited by D...
vagantes; in German fahrenden Schüler) like Hugh Primas and the anonymous Archpoet (both 12th century) satirically criticised the Medieval Church, has been...
Marcabru fl. c. 1129–c1150 Occitan Troubadour Four works; 42 poems total Archpoet (Archipoeta) c. 1130 – c. 1165 Western European probably French or German...
Irae Pange Lingua Adam of Saint Victor St Ambrose St Thomas Aquinas The Archpoet St Bernard of Cluny St Bonaventure St Columba Dante Alighieri St Hildegard...
have died about 1160. Along with his younger contemporary known as the Archpoet, he marks the opening of a new period in Latin literature. The earliest...
also had a reputation as a place to have a "good time," as witness the Archpoet's famous comments of 1163. In the following centuries Pavia was an important...
Oxford University Press 1994: Translator and editor, Hugh Primas and the Archpoet, Cambridge, England, and New York: Cambridge University Press 1995: Editor...
Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-40082-360-4. Godman, P. (2014). The Archpoet and Medieval Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19102-996-7...
published 1988 OCLC 22760287 and reprinted as a book 1989 OCLC 19352130. "The Archpoet: The Confession Of Golias". Medieval Sourcebook. Fordham University Center...
Blossom) compiled by Fujiwara no Akisue (藤原 顕季) 1160s Goliardic poetry by the Archpoet c. 1188 Waka anthology Senzai Wakashū (Millennial Collection, 千載和歌集) compiled...
duke Henry the Lion. In this period Rainald was notably the patron of the Archpoet. In 1167 he was again in Italy, actively engaged in preparing the way for...
Literature to the 14th Century. Leiden: Brill. Peter Godman (2014). The Archpoet and Medieval Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. William Cecil McDonald...
the defeat of Frederick at the Battle of Carcano on 9 August 1160. The Archpoet, a famous contemporary, writes poems about the emperor. In the panegyric...
Zealand poet who moved to England in 1963) translator, Hugh Primas and the Archpoet, Cambridge, England, and New York: Cambridge University Press Lauris Edmond...
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