This is far from my neck of the medieval woods, but don't forget
François Villon, "Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis," with its
famous "Ou sont les neiges d'antan?" I would think there might be
some literature on that.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
On 13 Jun 00, at 20:38, Jongenelen wrote:
> Dear listmembers,
>
> Some time ago I asked if anyone could help me with the ubi sunt-theme.
> 'Where are they now? Once they were great people, but where are they now? I
> thought this theme started with Bernardus de Clairveaux, but I was wrong. It
> was Bernard of Morlay, followed by Jacopone van Todi, Eustache Deschamps,
> Jean Gerson, and Olivier de la Marche (who wrote about the dead in his
> Parement et triumphe des dames). I have these names, is there a study about
> this kind of literature?
>
> Bas Jongenelen
>
>
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