The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man

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Middle English poem allegorical poem religious literature

The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man is a Middle English allegorical poem by John Lydgate that adapts and expands a French spiritual journey narrative to depict the soul’s progress through life toward salvation.

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Label Occurrences
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man canonical 2
The Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode 1
The Pilgrimage of the Soul 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English poem ⓘ
allegorical poem ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
adaptationOf Le Pèlerinage de la vie humaine ⓘ
associatedWith Bury St Edmunds Abbey ruins ⓘ
surface form: Bury St Edmunds Abbey

English monastic culture ⓘ
author John Lydgate ⓘ
basedOn French spiritual journey narrative ⓘ
circulation manuscript ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
depicts allegorical pilgrimage ⓘ
moral struggles of the soul ⓘ
expands Le Pèlerinage de la vie humaine ⓘ
form verse ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
hasCharacterType allegorical guides ⓘ
personified vices ⓘ
personified virtues ⓘ
hasTheme death and judgment ⓘ
divine grace ⓘ
moral choice ⓘ
penitence ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
influencedBy French allegorical tradition ⓘ
medieval Christian theology ⓘ
intendedAudience devout lay readers ⓘ
religious communities ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryForm dream vision ⓘ
literaryMovement late medieval devotional literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
literaryStatus important work of John Lydgate ⓘ
mainTheme Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
moral instruction ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
spiritual journey ⓘ
narrativeFocus soul’s progress through life ⓘ
purpose moral edification ⓘ
spiritual instruction ⓘ
relatedWork The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode

The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Pilgrimage of the Soul
religiousGenre pilgrimage literature ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scholarlyField Middle English studies ⓘ
medieval religious literature ⓘ
setting allegorical landscape of life ⓘ
timeOfComposition early 15th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Lydgate → notableWork → The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man ⓘ
John Lydgate → wroteText → The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man ⓘ
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man → relatedWork → The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pilgrimage of the Soul
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man → relatedWork → The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode