{"product_id":"9780674290846-moralized-ovid","title":"The Moralized Ovid","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in about 1340 by the Benedictine preacher Pierre Bersuire, \u003ci\u003eThe Moralized Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e was a highly influential interpretation of Ovid’s \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e in the High Middle Ages. It contains descriptions of the gods followed by allegorical interpretations of major myths. This edition presents a new English translation and an authoritative Latin text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn influential medieval allegorical interpretation of the \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e that uncovers the hidden moral truths of Ovid’s stories, translated into English for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in about 1340 in Avignon by the Benedictine preacher Pierre Bersuire, \u003ci\u003eThe Moralized Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e—commonly referred to by its Latin title, \u003ci\u003eOvidius moralizatus\u003c\/i\u003e, to distinguish it from the anonymous French vernacular \u003ci\u003eOvide moralisé\u003c\/i\u003e—was arguably the most influential interpretation of Ovid’s \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e in the High Middle Ages. It circulated widely in manuscript form and was frequently printed during the Renaissance. Originally intended as a sourcebook of exempla for preachers’ sermons, \u003ci\u003eThe Moralized Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e provides not only a window into the reception of classical literature in the fourteenth century but also amazingly vivid details of daily life in the Middle Ages across all strata of society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work begins with a detailed description of the Greco-Roman gods, inspired in part by Bersuire’s friend and fellow proponent of classical poetry, Francesco Petrarch. It then retells selected major myths from Ovid’s \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, each followed by numerous allegorical interpretations that draw from biblical stories, contemporary events, and the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition presents the first full English translation alongside an authoritative Latin text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41063038451809,"sku":"9780674290846","price":30.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41159576_0e6679c5-e5c3-42f3-9740-2c00feef840c.jpg?v=1778128345","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780674290846-moralized-ovid","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}