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John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451) was an English monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England. Lydgate's poetic output is prodigious, amounting, at a conservative count, to about 145,000 lines.
John Lydgate (* um 1370 in Lidgate, Suffolk; † um 1451) war ein englischer Mönch und Dichter. Im Alter von fünfzehn Jahren wurde er im Benediktinerkonvent zu Bury St. Edmunds aufgenommen und eignete sich dort sowie vermutlich an den Universitäten von Oxford und Cambridge eine umfassende Bildung an. Er war ein großer Bewunderer ...
- um 1370
- englischer Mönch und Dichter
- Lidgate, Suffolk
- Lydgate, John
Walter F. Schirmer's John Lydgate (1952, translated, 1961), the first of the important book-length studies, is still the most useful because of its careful placement of Lydgate in historical and literary-historical context.
22. März 2024 · John Lydgate was an English poet, known principally for long moralistic and devotional works. In his Testament Lydgate says that while still a boy he became a novice in the Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, where he became a priest in 1397. He spent some time in London and Paris; but from 1415.
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Learn about John Lydgate, a prolific poet and Chaucer's admirer, who wrote many works of translation and instruction. Find out his biography, his style, his patrons, and his relation to Chaucer's Canon's Yeoman's Tale.
Luminarium John Lydgate site, with quotes, timeline, biography, works, discussion forum, essays, and study resources.
Two books on the fourteenth-century poet John Lydgate are reviewed by R. George Thomas. He praises the editions, commentaries and notes of the poems, and criticizes the historical and literary interpretations of the author.
