a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs
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goliard::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student |
- A wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs
- The Goliards were a group of clergy who wrote , satirical Latin poetry in the 12th and 13th centuries. ...
- (Goliards) Wandering scholars of the tenth through the thirteenth centuries: students, voung ecclesiastics, dreamers, and the disenchanted.
- (goliards) [GOAL-yuhrds] Medieval roaming poets or scholars who traveled about reciting poems on topics ranging from moral lessons to the pains of love.
- 12th- and 13-century minstrels who wrote songs based on church music of the time, but in favour of revelery in general. Carl Orff used verses by the goliards in his famous setting "Carmina Burana Suite".
