Archéologue aventurier passionné par la recherche du site de Troie évoqué par Homère, Heinrich Schliemann a fait de nombreuses découvertes très controversées, à partir de 1870. Ses lettres et ses notes personnelles montrent qu'il falsifiait ses rapports de fouilles. La biographie d'un homme tortueux, menteur, impitoyable et fascinant
Carmina Burana, the largest surviving collection of secular Medieval Latin verse, features poems on subjects ranging from sex and gambling to crusades and corruption. This new, two-volume presentation of the medieval classic makes the anthology accessible in its entirety to Latin lovers and English readers alike.
Walahfrid's Visio Wettini is the earliest extended account of an otherworld vision in verse and represents an important stage in the development of the genre almost 500 years before Dante. The visionary is escorted by an angel through hell, purgatory and paradise. This edition includes the only translation of and commentary on the poem. The text is based on a fresh recension of the manuscripts.