ABSTRACT
St Isidore, bishop of Seville, was an influential figure in the Visigothic kingdom following its conversion to Catholicism, and, as complier of the Etymologies, creator of one of the most influential works of the Middle Ages. E. R. Curtius suggests that the importance of Isidore's encyclopaedic work surveying the etymologies of thousands of words, drawing on both classical and Christian source materials, ‘can hardly be overestimated.’ Marbod of Rennes was chancellor at Angers and later bishop of Rennes from 1096. His poetry includes several works on same-sex love. Andreas's Latin treatise on the subject of love, supposedly a guide to the subject addressed to a young friend called Walter, owes much to Ovid.
