Resources for the Study of Early Medieval Literature (4th through 8th Centuries) – Parent/Teacher Preparation

Poetry, Anthologies
Medieval Hymns and Sequences
The Hymns of the Breviaries and Missals
Early Christian Hymns
Latin poetry in verse translation, from the beginnings to the Renaissance
Medieval Latin Lyrics

Poetry, Analyses
Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina – Prudentius, Poet Laureate of the Western Fathers
Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina – The Pastoral Poems of Paulinus of Nola
Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina – Ephrem, Symbolist
Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina – Romanus the Melodist: Through Hymns, with Hymns, in Hymns
Institute of Catholic Culture – “St. Ephrem’s “Hymns on Paradise”
Institute of Catholic Culture – “DREAM OF THE ROOD: A Poetic Vision of the Cross of Christ”
Cambridge University Library – Singing Boethius’ Lost Songs

Saint Augustine’s Confessions
The Imaginative Conservative – Saint Augustine’s “Confessions”: An Introduction
The Imaginative Conservative – “Augustine’s ‘Confessions’ Unpacked”
Mystagogy Podcast – 4 Episodes on Saint Augustine’s Confessions
Institute of Catholic Culture – Book Club with Anthony Esolen
Institute of Catholic Culture – “A RESTLESS HEART: The Confessions of Saint Augustine”
Institute of Catholic Culture- “THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE”
Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina – Augustine (Part 1): Youth and Conversion ; Augustine (Part 2): A Mob-Made Bishop Makes His Mark ; Augustine (Part 3): Last Days and the End of an Age 
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The Rule of Benedict
Way of the Fathers with Mike Aquilina – Benedict of Nursia: The Elusive Man Behind the Rule

Other Works that Could Be Read
Life of Saint Martin by Sulpicius Severus
could not find any sort of analysis that is both scholarly and Catholic

Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy
Institute of Catholic Culture – Book Club
The Imaginative Conservative – “Christian Platonism in Boethius’ “Consolation of Philosophy”
The Imaginative Conservative – “Boethius on Allegory”
The Imaginative Conservative – “Boethius on Fortune’s Wheel”

Beowulf (this could also go in Year 2)
The Authority with Joseph Pearce
Essays on Beowulf at the Imaginative Conservative