John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451)[1] was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England. MONK is a Monte Carlo software package for simulating nuclear processes particularly for the purpose of determining the neutron multiplication factor or k-effective A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
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Early life and education
He was admitted to the Benedictine monastery of Bury St. Edmunds at fifteen and became a monk there a year later. Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England and formerly the County town of West Suffolk.
Patronage
Having literary ambitions (he was an admirer of Geoffrey Chaucer and a friend to his son, Thomas) he sought and obtained patronage for his literary work at the courts of Henry IV of England, Henry V of England and Henry VI of England. Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1343 – 25 October 1400? was an English author poet Philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and Diplomat. Henry IV (3 April 1367 &ndash 20 March 1413 was King of England and Lord of Ireland (1399&ndash1413 Henry V (16 September 1386 &ndash 31 August 1422 was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century Henry VI (6 December 1421 &ndash 21 May 1471 was King of England 1422–1461 (though with a Regent until 1437 and then 1470–1471 and a claimant to the kingdom His patrons included, amongst many others, the mayor and aldermen of London, the chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick and Henry V and VI, however his main supporter from 1422 was Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. St Paul's Cathedral, is the Anglican Cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. Richard de Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick ( 23 January 1382 &ndash 30 April 1439) was an English Medieval nobleman and Humphrey Duke of Gloucester ( 3 October 1390 – February 23, 1447) was the fourth son of King Henry IV of England by his first wife In 1423 he was made prior of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex but soon resigned the office to concentrate on his travels and writing. Hatfield Broad Oak (or Hatfield Regis) is a village and Civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Essex, England, about five and Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common He was a prolific writer of poems, allegories, fables and romances, yet his most famous works were his longer and more moralistic Troy Book, Siege of Thebes and the Fall of Princes. The Troy Book was a translation of the Latin prose narrative by Guido delle Colonne, Historia destructionis Troiae. Guido delle Colonne (in Latin Guido de Columnis or de Columna) was an early 13th century Sicilian writer living at Messina, who wrote Historia destructionis Troiae ("History of the destruction of Troy" or Historia Troiana is a Latin prose narrative written by Lydgate was also believed to have written London Lickpenny, a well-known satirical work; however, his authorship of this piece has been heavily discredited. He also translated the poems of William of Digulleville into English. William of Digulleville (or Guillaume de Digulleville or Degulleville) was a French poet of the fourteenth century In his later years he lived and probably died at the monastery of Bury St. Edmunds.
Talent
The Oxford English Dictionary cites Lydgate with the earliest record of using the word "talent" in reference to a gifted state of natural ability. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English
Quotations
- "Who lesith his fredam, in soth, he lesith all. Political freedom is the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression "
—an old proverb Lydgate included in his moral fable The Churl and the Bird[1]
- Lydgate wrote that King Arthur was crowned in "the land of the fairy", and taken in his death by four fairy queens, to Avalon where he lies under a "fairy hill", until he is needed again. A proverb (from the Latin proverbium) also called a byword or nayword, is a simple and concrete Saying popularly known and repeated A fairy (also fay, fey, fae, faerie; collectively wee folk, good folk, people of peace, fair [2]
- Lydgate is also credited with the first known usage of the adage "Needs must" in its fullest form: "He must nedys go that the deuell dryves” in his Assembly of the Gods. Shakespeare later uses it in All's Well That Ends Well. William Shakespeare ( baptised All's Well That Ends Well is a play by William Shakespeare, originally classified as a Comedy, though now often counted as one of his problem plays
References
- ^ a b Platt, Colin (1996). King Death: The Black Death and its aftermath in late-medieval England. London: UCL Press Limited. ISBN 1-85728-313-9.
- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies, Anna Franklin, Sterling Publishing Company, 2004, p 18
External links
- John Lydgate at luminarium. org, including links to online texts
- Works by John Lydgate at Project Gutenberg
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