Studying and Teaching the Georgics in Medieval Northern France: Evidence from the Twelfth-Century Cathedral Schools

by Anthony FREDETTE and Simon WHEDBEE Many surviving twelfth-century Latin commentaries associated with the influential cathedral schools of northern France have in common the focus, treatment, and scope of the ars grammatica: the philological exegesis of texts for grammatical, logical, and rhetorical instruction. One medieval commentary on the Georgics of Virgil demonstrates the wide application of philological exegesis in … Continue reading Studying and Teaching the Georgics in Medieval Northern France: Evidence from the Twelfth-Century Cathedral Schools