Curated category
Medieval Latin-language poets
- Thomas AquinasIn the year 1244, a young man named Thomas Aquinas sat bound in the stone tower of Monte San Giovanni Campano. He was nineteen years old and dressed in the…
- Dante AlighieriIn the year 1300, a man named Dante Alighieri claimed to have walked through Hell. He wrote that he was midway upon the journey of his life when this vision…
- Giovanni BoccaccioGiovanni Boccaccio was born on the 16th of June 1313 in either Florence or a village near Certaldo. His father worked for the Compagnia dei Bardi bank and…
- Dudo of Saint-QuentinDudo was born in the 960s within the region of Picardy. He served as the dean of Saint-Quentin during a turbulent era. By the year 987, he held the title of…
- Joseph of ExeterJoseph of Exeter emerged from the quiet streets of Exeter, England during the twelfth century. He was a Latin poet whose name appears in historical records…
- John GowerJohn Gower lived from approximately 1330 until October 1408. Very few details exist about his birth or early family life.
- Filippo BuonaccorsiFilippo Buonaccorsi arrived in Rome during the year 1462. He joined a circle of scholars known as the Rome Academy. This group operated under the leadership…