The Voice of One Crying

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literaryWork poem

The Voice of One Crying is the English title of John Gower’s Latin poem *Vox Clamantis*, a medieval work best known for its moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society and events like the Peasants’ Revolt.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
The Voice of One Crying canonical	2
The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness	1

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literaryWork ⓘ poem ⓘ
associatedEvent	Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ surface form: Peasants’ Revolt
associatedPerson	John Gower ⓘ King Richard II of England ⓘ surface form: Richard II of England
author	John Gower ⓘ
basedOnBiblicalPhrase	“vox clamantis in deserto” ⓘ
century	14th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	England ⓘ
form	narrative poem ⓘ
genre	didactic literature ⓘ moral poem ⓘ political poem ⓘ
hasLatinTitle	Vox Clamantis ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish	The Voice of One Crying self-link ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
literaryTradition	medieval Latin literature ⓘ
notableFor	allegorical treatment of social unrest ⓘ critique of 14th-century English society ⓘ
originalLanguage	Latin ⓘ
originalTitle	Vox Clamantis ⓘ
subject	English society ⓘ Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ⓘ surface form: Peasants’ Revolt of 1381
theme	governance and kingship ⓘ moral commentary ⓘ political commentary ⓘ sin and morality ⓘ social order ⓘ
translatedAs	The Voice of One Crying self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness

Referenced by (3)

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

Vox Clamantis → titleTranslation → The Voice of One Crying ⓘ

The Voice of One Crying → hasTitleInEnglish → The Voice of One Crying self-link ⓘ

The Voice of One Crying → translatedAs → The Voice of One Crying self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Voice of One Crying in the Wilderness