Arnulf of Orléans (born 1150)
Born 1150 CE.
Arnulf of Orléans (Latin: Arnulfus Aurelianensis), also known as Arnulfus Rufus (French: Arnoul le Roux), was a grammarian and poet of Latin active as a teacher in Orléans in the late twelfth century. He had a famous rivalry with Matthew of Vendôme. In Arnulf's time, Orléans was a centre of classical learning in France. Matthew associated him with the monastery of Saint-Euverte. He taught the classics in the ancient grammatical style, as opposed to the new "logical" style. His lectures on Ovid, which made no effort to soften or obscure the poet's paganism, were criticized as un-Christian and corrupting to youth by Alexander of Villedieu. In his commentaries on Ovid (Metamorphoses, Fasti, Ars amatoria) and Lucan, which circulated widely, he is sharply critical of his predecessors. Arnulf is the likely author of the elegiac comedy Lidia and possibly also of Miles gloriosus. Arnulf and Matthew's dispute seems to have involved insulting each other's poetry. Arnulf was not reticent to insult rivals, labelling one commentary as designed for "those who have been fooled by Fulco".
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