Medieval poetry Medieval poetry Poetry took numerous forms in medieval Europe, for example, lyric and epic poetry. The troubadours and the minnesänger are known for their lyric poetry about courtly love. Among the most famous of secular poetry is "Carmina Burana", a manuscript collection of 254 poems. Twenty-four poems of "Carmina Burana" were later set to music by German composer Carl Orff in 1936. Old English religious poetry includes the poem "Christ" by Cynewulf and the poem "The Dream of the Rood", preserved in both manuscript form and on the Ruthwell Cross. We do have some secular poetry; in fact a great
The Big Bubble: Part Four of the Mole Trilogy The Big Bubble: Part Four of the Mole Trilogy The Big Bubble is an album by The Residents. It was released in 1985, and fleshed out the backstory of the band's "Mole Trilogy", which had been introduced in "Mark of the Mole" (1981) and "The Tunes of Two Cities" (1982). The official third part of the Mole Trilogy was never actually released, and neither were the projected fifth and sixth parts. The tour that accompanied the Mole storyline, documented in "" (1983), was a financial disaster. It had led to the virtual dissolution of the band, who were not keen