Godfrey of Cambrai

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Godfrey of

epigrams in the style of Martial
. Godfrey's genuine works were later often confused with those of Martial's.

His work enjoyed considerable popularity in the century after his death and beyond. One of his poems is included in Carmina Burana.[1] Twenty-one manuscripts of his works survive.

He was popular, under his own name and erroneously under Martial's, during the Italian Renaissance.

References

  1. ^ "Carmina Burana". www.athenapub.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  • Thomson, Rodney M., 'England and the Twelfth Century Renaissance', Past and Present 101 (1983)
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography