It is considered to be the most important collection of Goliard and vagabond songs, along with the Carmina Cantabrigiensia. The collection was found in 1803 in the Benedictine monastery of Benediktbeuern, Bavaria, and is now housed in the Bavarian State Library in Munich. The collection preserves the works of a number of poets, including Peter of Blois, Walter of Châtillon and an anonymous poet referred to as the Archpoet. Most of the poems and songs appear to be the work of Goliards, clergy (mostly students) who satirized the Catholic Church. They were written by students and clergy when Latin was the lingua franca throughout Italy and western Europe for travelling scholars, universities, and theologians. Some are macaronic, a mixture of Latin and German or French vernacular. They were written principally in Medieval Latin, a few in Middle High German and old Arpitan. The pieces are mostly bawdy, irreverent, and satirical. Carmina Burana ( / ˈ k ɑːr m ɪ n ə b ʊ ˈ r ɑː n ə/, Latin for "Songs from Benediktbeuern" ) is a manuscript of 254 poems and dramatic texts mostly from the 11th or 12th century, although some are from the 13th century.
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