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 |
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| instanceOf |
English poet
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civil servant → clerk of the Privy Seal → medieval writer → |
| admired |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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| alternativeName |
Thomas Occleve
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| birthDate |
c. 1368
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| contemporaryOf |
John Lydgate
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Kingdom of England
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| deathDate |
c. 1426
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| dedicatedWorkTo |
Henry V of England
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| educatedAt |
London legal and administrative milieu
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| employer |
English royal administration
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Office of the Privy Seal → |
| genre |
autobiographical writing
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didactic literature → poetry → |
| hasTheme |
kingship and princely governance
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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
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| influencedBy |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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| knownFor |
adaptation of French and Latin sources
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early autobiographical writing in English → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Middle English
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| literaryForm |
complaint
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dialogue → verse narrative → |
| literaryMovement |
late medieval English literature
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| name |
Thomas Hoccleve
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| notableWork |
Complaint
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Dialogue → La Male Regle → Letter of Cupid → The Regiment of Princes → |
| occupation |
clerk
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poet → |
| patron |
Henry, Prince of Wales
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| period |
early 15th century
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| portrays |
bureaucratic life in the royal administration
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contemporary English politics → |
| positionHeld |
clerk of the Privy Seal
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| subjectOf |
studies in Middle English literature
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| workLocation |
English royal court
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London → |
| writingStyle |
autobiographical
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didactic and moralizing → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Thomas Hoccleve
("Thomas Occleve")
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alternativeName |
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John Lydgate
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contemporaryOf |
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Ricardian poets
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hasNotableMember |
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Geoffrey Chaucer
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influenced |
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Thomas Hoccleve
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name |