Author: Hermann Georg FiedlerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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Contributions to a Life of John Lydgate, Monk and Poet of Bury St. Edmund's
Author: Hermann Georg FiedlerPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 10
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John Lydgate
Author: Timothy Russell JordanPublisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The fifteenth-century poet John Lydgate is frequently remembered as a continuator of Geoffrey Chaucer and as a servant of the Lancastrian court, but he also deserves attention as a Benedictine monk. Lydgate was a life-long member of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk, and this affiliation significantly shapes many of his poems. Among the works shaped by Lydgate's monastic identity is the saint's life, the Lives of Ss Edmund and Fremund. In it, Lydgate follows a Benedictine hagiographic tradition of using the vita of King Edmund of East Anglia to provide a model of holy rule for young kings. In Lydgate's case this king was twelve-year-old Henry VI. I argue, however, that Lydgate's model also highlights the relationship he and his abbot desired Henry to have with their own monastery. Thus, the poem's themes benefit Bury St. Edmunds Abbey as much as the young king. Lydgate's themes on sanctified rule are accented by four clusters of illuminations in the presentation copy of his Lives, which is extant as British Library MS Harley 2278. These clusters also suggest Lydgate's importance as abbey-poet among his brethren and the investment of the entire monastic community in nurturing their relationship with Henry. Lydgate uses the St. Edmund legend elsewhere in his poetry to justify monastic privilege to other audiences as well. A series of extra miracles centered on his abbey's town depict Lydgate's brethren modeling a sanctified relationship with the local burghal populace. These continuations show Lydgate's sustained agenda of writing on behalf of the monastic institution he called his home.
Proceedings of the Birmingham Philosophical Society
Author: A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate (Classic Reprint)
Author: John LydgatePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332034515
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Excerpt from A Selection From the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate Dan john lydgate, monk of Bury St. Edmund's, the immediate follower of Geofi'ry Chaucer, was one of the most prolific writers this country has ever produced. Ritson, in his Bibliographia Poetica, enumerates no less a number than two hundred and fifty-one pieces which acknowledge him for their author; and this list is far from being complete. To furnish, indeed, a correct catalogue of all his works would require more time than the editor of the present volume has had at his disposal, and he therefore contents himself with referring to Ritson's useful little work, and to Warton's History of English Poetry, for particulars concerning the life and writings of our author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society
Author: Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society (Birmingham, England)Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Volumes 1-10 include Records of meteorological observations taken at the Observatory of the Birmingham and Midland institute 1891/June 1892-1896.
Studies in the Life and Writings of John Lydgate
Author: Henry Noble MacCrackenThe Life and Character of King Henry the Fifth
Author: J. Endell TylerPublisher: e-artnow
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Henry V, also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. He was the second English monarch of the House of Lancaster. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France, most notably in his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe. This two volume monograph gives a complete insight into the life and character of one of the greatest warrior kings of medieval England.
The Religious Orders in England
Author: David KnowlesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521295673
Category : Monasticism and religious orders
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This book covers a period (1336-1485) neglected by historians, when many features of the modern world were germinating under the surface of medieval institutions: the age of Chaucer, Langland, Bradwardine and Wyclif, of the new Nominalism and the Conciliar Movement. David Knowles devotes part of his book to narrative, and part to analysis. The great abbeys are at their height of outward splendour, we see the building schemes of Ely and Glouster, the impact of the Black Death, and the recovery from it; we see the monks and friars in controversy at Oxford, the attacks of Wyclif and the Lollards, helped by the satire of the poets; the conservative reaction, and the foundations and reforms of Henry V, followed by the Indian summer of the feudal aristocracy.
John Lydgate
Author: Lois EbinPublisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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A Companion to the Medieval Theatre
Author: Ronald W. VincePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440808058
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Vince has provided a useful and, for the most part, usable reference work. His introduction should be required reading for anyone approaching medieval theater. Choice Scholars increasingly see medieval theatre as a complex and vital performance medium related more closely to political, religious, and social life than to literature as we know it. Reflecting the current interest in performance, A Companion to the Medieval Theatre presents 250 alphabetically arranged entries offering a panoramic view of European and British theatrical productions between the years 900 and 1550. The volume features 30 essays contributed by an international group of specialists and includes many shorter entries as well as systematic cross-referencing, a chronology, a bibliography, and a full complement of indexes. Major entries focus on the theatres of the principal linguistic areas (the British Isles, France, Germany, Iberia, Italy, Scandinavia, the Low Countries, and Eastern Europe), and on dramatic forms and genres such as liturgical drama, Passion and saint plays, morality plays, folk drama, and Humanist drama. Other articles examine costume, acting, pageantry, and music, and explore the theatrical dimension of courtly entertainment, the dance, and the tournament. Short entries supply information on over one hundred playwrights, directors, actors and antiquarians whose contributions to the theatre have been documented. This informative guide brings new depth to our appreciation of the richness and color of medieval public entertainments and the symbolism and pageantry that were a part of daily life in the Middle Ages. Designed to appeal to general reader, this volume is also an attractive choice for libraries serving students and scholars of theatre history, English and European literatures, medieval history, cultural history, drama, and performance.