Authors of the Middle Ages, Volume III, Nos 7û11: English Writers of the Late Middle Ages

by Gray,Douglas; Seymour,M.C.

• ISBN13: 9780860785569
• ISBN10: 0860785564
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-04-28
• Publisher: Variorum

Summary

Authors of the Middle Ages is a series designed for research and reference. The aim is to combine, in one compact work, a biography of a medieval author with all the information needed for further research. The series is divided into two sub-series. The first, edited by M.C. Seymour, focuses on EnglishWriters of the Late Middle Ages and the second, edited by Patrick Geary, deals with Historical and Religious Writers of the Latin West.William Caxton was the first English printer and publisher of printed books. He translated many books into English and by the prologues and epilogues added to many of his printed works he helped to establish literary tastes and fashions at the end of the medieval period.The life of Reginald Peacock, bishop, heretic and author, reflects the many controversies of 15th-century England. Drawing on many contemporary sources and based on fresh research. Wendy Scase offers a new interpretation of an enigmatic writer.Douglas Gray traces the lives of the two poets Robert Henryson and William Dunbar. Among the several distinguished poets of late-medieval Scotland. Henryson stands out for his humanity, learned wit and imaginitive power; while Dunbar was one of the most spectacular, flamboyant and versatile Scottish poets of the Middle Ages. This study gives an account of the little that is known of their lives and extensively details both their works and later scholarship.John Capgrave (1393-1464) was an Augustinian friar, Cambridge theologian, hagiographer and chronicler who became Prior Provincial of his order. His life, presented here in the light of fresh research and with full documentation, illuminates the importance of the order in the troubled times of mid 15th-century England.

Table of Contents

William Caxton

Contents: Sources and difficulties of interpretation

Early years

Mercer and merchant adventurer

Cologne and the final days in Bruges

Westminster

Caxton's death and will

Appendices

Bibliography

Reginald Pecock

Origins and education

Pecock's career: promotions and commotions

The repressor repressed

conclusion

Pecock deplumed

Appendices

Bibliography

Robert Henryson

A note on the canon

Bibliography

William Dunbar

Contents: A note on the canon

Bibliography

John Capgrave

Contents: The Augustinian friars in England

The early years 1393-1417

The academic cursus 1417-1427

The theologian

Prior of Lynn 1441-1453

Prior provincial 1453-1457

The final years 1457-1464

Table of dates

Appendices

Bibliography

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