Carmina Burana XII century

Ensemble: Alegria Album: Carmina Burana XII Video: Codex Manesse, XIV cent. • Frederick I was not a good king for the Italian people of the Middle Ages. Although many centuries have passed, the nickname that the Italians gave him remains, and the whole world remembers him as Barbarossa. The Germans have a different idea of ​​this king, of him they remember liberality and culture. He allowed students to travel around medieval Europe with various privileges and immunities to be able to follow classes in the various universities of Europe. Once the students had taken the minor orders, they began to follow the lessons they considered most valid through real pilgrimages from one university to another with the aim of studying and learning directly from the best teachers. There were born the clerici vagantes, wandering students who had access to prestigious university knowledge and who, wandering around Europe, with the goliardic spirit that st