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Lyd·gate (lĭdʹgāt', -gət), John. 1370?-1451?.
English poet who is best known for his long narrative works.
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Lydgate, John — • Writer, born at Lydgate, Suffolk, about 1370; d. probably about 1450. He entered the Benedictine abbey at Bury when fifteen and may have been educated earlier at the school of the Benedictine monks there and have been afterwards at the… … Catholic encyclopedia
Lydgate, John — (ca. 1370–ca. 1449) John Lydgate was a Benedictine monk from Bury Saint Edmunds who wrote more poetry than any other known medieval English poet.He was much praised by his contemporaries and by writers in the years immediately following his… … Encyclopedia of medieval literature
Lydgate, John — ▪ English writer born c. 1370, Lidgate, Suffolk, Eng. died c. 1450, Bury St. Edmunds? English poet, known principally for long moralistic and devotional works. In his Testament Lydgate says that while still a boy he became a novice in the… … Universalium
LYDGATE, JOHN — an early English poet; was a monk of Bury St. Edmunds in the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th centuries; was a teacher of rhetoric as well as a poet, and a man of some note in his day … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Lydgate, John — (1370? 1451?) Poet, b. in Suffolk, was ordained a priest in 1397. After studying at Oxf., Paris, and Padua, he taught literature in his monastery at Bury St. Edmunds. He appears to have been a bright, clear minded, earnest man, with a love of… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
Lydgate, John — (?1370 ?1451) He was born at Lidgate, Suffolk, and at fifteen was a novice in the Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, where he became a priest in 1397. He knew Chaucer, who was his inspiration as a poet. That he knew what it was like to be… … British and Irish poets
John Lydgate — John Lydgate. John Lydgate (cerca 1370 1451), monje y poeta inglés, nacido en Lidgate, Suffolk, Inglaterra, y muerto en Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk. Contenido … Wikipedia Español
Lydgate — John Lydgate John Lydgate (* um 1370 in Lidgate, Suffolk; † um 1451) war ein englischer Mönch und Dichter. Im Alter von fünfzehn Jahren wurde er im Benediktinerkonvent zu Bury St. Edmunds aufgenommen und eignete sich dort sowie vermutlich an den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
John Lydgate — John Lydgate † Catholic Encyclopedia ► John Lydgate Born at Lydgate, Suffolk, about 1370; d. probably about 1450. He entered the Benedictine abbey at Bury when fifteen and may have been educated earlier at the school of the… … Catholic encyclopedia
LYDGATE (J.) — LYDGATE JOHN (1370 env. env. 1450) De l’œuvre très volumineuse de ce moine bénédictin, cent quarante cinq mille vers ont été conservés. Ses poèmes vont de vastes narrations, comme Le Livre de Troie (The Troy Book ) et La Chute des princes (The… … Encyclopédie Universelle
