Walahfrid Strabo's Visio Wettini:- Text, Translation, and Commentary

by Walafrid Strabo

Walahfrid's Visio Wettini is the earliest extended account of an otherworld vision in verse and represents an important stage in the development of the genre almost 500 years before Dante. The visionary is escorted by an angel through hell, purgatory and paradise. This edition includes the only translation of and commentary on the poem. The text is based on a fresh recension of the manuscripts.

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First published December 31, 1974

About the author

Walafrid, alternatively spelt Walahfrid, nicknamed Strabo (or Strabus, i.e. "squint-eyed") (c.808 - 849), was an Alemannic Benedictine monk and theological writer who lived on Reichenau Island in southern Germany.