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John Lydgate

A monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England (Wikipedia).

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English monk and poet (c.1370–c.1451)

Born ca.1370
Died ca.1451

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  • Cover of: Lydgate's minor poems.: The two nightingale poems. (A.D. 1446.)
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    Cover of edition minorpoemsofjohn00lydguoft Cover of edition lydgatesminorno8000lydguoft Cover of edition poems0000unse_c6x6 First published in 1900 — 21 editions
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  • Cover of: Lydgate's Siege of Thebes.
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    First published in 1900 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Fall of princes.: Edited by Henry Bergen.
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    First published in 1923 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Lydgate's Reson and sensuallyte
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    First published in 1901 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Lydgate's Troy book

    First published in 1973 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The assembly of gods: or, The accord of reason and sensuality in the fear of death
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    First published in 1895 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Lydgate's Troy book. A.D. 1412-20
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    First published in 1906 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Lydgate's Temple of glas
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    First published in 1891 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The assembly of gods: or, The accord of reason and sensuality in the fear of death
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    Cover of edition assemblygodsora00lydggoog First published in 1895 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: [The lyf of our lady]

    First published in 1477 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Lay Folks Mass Book; Or, The Manner of Hearing Mass: With Rubrics and Devotions for the People, in Four Texts, and Office in English According to the Use of York, from Manuscripts of the Xth to the XVth Century, Part 1
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    Cover of edition layfolksmassboo00lydggoog First published in 1879 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The chorle and the birde

    First published in 1497 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Poems
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    First published in 1966 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Gouveernaunce of Kings and Princes

    First published in 1978 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Lydgate's Siege of Thebes

    First published in 1975 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A tale of a prioress and her three wooers: Text mit Einleitung , Gleichzeitig ein Beitrag zur Literaturgeschichte der Wanderstoffe

    First published in 1911 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Historical Collections Of A Citizen Of London In The Fifteenth Century

    First published in 2007 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The court of Sapience: spät-mittelenglisches allegorischdidaktisches Visionsgedicht; kritische Textausgabe nebst sprachlich-metrischer Einleitung und ausführlichem Glossar

    First published in 1927 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The cõplaynte of a louers lyfe

    First published in 1531 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: A lytell treatyse of the horse, the sheep, and the ghoos
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    First published in 1906 — 2 editions
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We need a photo of John Lydgate

English monk and poet (c.1370–c.1451)

Born ca.1370
Died ca.1451

Subjects

Early works to 1800, Poetry, Legends, Facsimiles, Romances, Education of princes, Incunabula, Trojan War, History, English poetry, Kings and rulers, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Romances, legends, Venus (Roman deity), Allegories, Bibliography, British Library, Christian poetry, English (Middle), Christian saints, Dance of death, French poetry, Mass, Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology), Translations into English, 18.05 English literature

Places

Troy (Extinct city), Great Britain, Rome, England, Thebes (Greece)

People

John Lydgate (1370?-1451?), Mary Blessed Virgin, Saint, Alban Saint (d. 304?), Amphabel Saint, Edmund King of East Anglia (841-870), Julius Caesar

Time

53-44 B.C., Middle English, 1100-1500, 15th century, Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066

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Alternative names

  • transl. John Lydgate
  • JOHN LYDGATE
  • Lydgate John

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
February 28, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Remove bad AKA
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
January 15, 2017 Edited by Agnes Reid Very brief bio with Wikipedia & Gutenberg links
October 25, 2010 Edited by Alan Millar merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import