Thomas Hoccleve

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Thomas Hoccleve was an early 15th-century English poet and clerk whose works, including the autobiographical "Complaint" and "Dialogue," reflect both his admiration for Chaucer and the social and political concerns of late medieval England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English poet
civil servant
clerk of the Privy Seal
medieval writer
admired Geoffrey Chaucer
alternativeName Thomas Occleve
birthDate c. 1368
contemporaryOf John Lydgate
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate c. 1426
dedicatedWorkTo Henry V of England
educatedAt London legal and administrative milieu
employer English royal administration
Office of the Privy Seal
genre autobiographical writing
didactic literature
poetry
hasTheme kingship and princely governance
moral instruction for rulers
personal identity and mental distress
social and political concerns of late medieval England
helpedCanonize Geoffrey Chaucer as an authority figure in English literature
influencedBy Geoffrey Chaucer
knownFor adaptation of French and Latin sources
early autobiographical writing in English
languageOfWorkOrName Middle English
literaryForm complaint
dialogue
verse narrative
literaryMovement late medieval English literature
name Thomas Hoccleve
notableWork Complaint
Dialogue
La Male Regle
Letter of Cupid
The Regiment of Princes
occupation clerk
poet
patron Henry, Prince of Wales
period early 15th century
portrays bureaucratic life in the royal administration
contemporary English politics
positionHeld clerk of the Privy Seal
subjectOf studies in Middle English literature
workLocation English royal court
London
writingStyle autobiographical
didactic and moralizing

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