John Lydgate

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English poet medieval poet monk person

John Lydgate was a prolific 15th-century English monk and poet known for his lengthy narrative and allegorical works that helped shape late medieval English literature.

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John Lydgate canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English poet ⓘ
medieval poet ⓘ
monk ⓘ
person ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 15th century ⓘ
contemporaryOf Thomas Hoccleve ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1370 ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 1451 ⓘ
educatedAt St Edmundsbury Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Bury St Edmunds Abbey
genre allegorical poetry ⓘ
narrative poetry ⓘ
influenced later Tudor poets ⓘ
influencedBy Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
knownFor allegorical works ⓘ
lengthy narrative poems ⓘ
shaping late medieval English literary tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Middle English ⓘ
literaryForm didactic allegory ⓘ
verse narrative ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle English ⓘ
surface form: Middle English literature
memberOf Benedictines ⓘ
surface form: Benedictine Order
monasticHouse St Edmundsbury Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Bury St Edmunds Abbey
movement late medieval English literature ⓘ
notableWork The Fall of Princes ⓘ
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
surface form: The Siege of Thebes

The Temple of Glas ⓘ
The Troy Book ⓘ
occupation monk ⓘ
poet ⓘ
partOf Chaucerian tradition ⓘ
patron Henry V of England ⓘ
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
placeOfActivity Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lydgate, Suffolk ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bury St Edmunds ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrder Benedictines ⓘ
style ornate rhetorical style ⓘ
wroteInResponseTo The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
surface form: Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
wroteText The Fall of Princes ⓘ
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes ⓘ
surface form: The Siege of Thebes

The Temple of Glas ⓘ
The Troy Book ⓘ

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Geoffrey Chaucer → influenced → John Lydgate ⓘ
Ricardian poets → hasNotableMember → John Lydgate ⓘ
Thomas Hoccleve → contemporaryOf → John Lydgate ⓘ
De casibus virorum illustrium → influenceOn → John Lydgate ⓘ
The Fall of Princes → author → John Lydgate ⓘ
The Troy Book → author → John Lydgate ⓘ
The Temple of Glas → author → John Lydgate ⓘ
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man → author → John Lydgate ⓘ
Lydgate, Suffolk → hasBirthplaceOf → John Lydgate ⓘ
Cressida → adaptedBy → John Lydgate ⓘ