LIUDPRANDI PASSIO: MARTYRDOM AND SATIRE IN LIUDPRAND OF CREMONA'S LEGATIO AD IMPERATOREM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM NICEPHORUM PHOCAM.

A literary criticism of the book "Legatio Ad Imperatorem Constantinopolitanum Nicephorum Phocam" by Liudprandi Passio is presented. It criticizes the martyrdom and satire in the book. It emphasizes that an ascending order of vileness associated with the mock-epic and satirical epithets and antonomas...

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Published in:Medieval Perspectives Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 54 - 65
Main Author: Vynckier, Henk
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Southeastern Medieval Association Spring1986
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