The wandering scholars
by Helen Waddell
Category: Goliards

Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, Europe was Christian. The "other world" was the gold of men's lives; but the world of the here and now could not be denied completely. And so priests and monks, students and scholars would take to the roads and taverns, tasting and celebrating the pleasures of the senses. These "wandering scholars" and their songs are the subject of this book.