The Temple of Glass (Dodo Press) John Lydgate

John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370-c. 1451) was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England. He was admitted to the Benedictine monastery of Bury St. Edmunds at fifteen and became a monk there a year later. Having literary ambitions, he sought and obtained patronage for his literary work at the courts of Henry IV of England, Henry V of England and Henry VI of England. In 1423 he was made prior of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex but soon resigned the office to concentrate on his travels and writing. He was a prolific writer of poems, allegories, fables and romances, yet his most famous works were his longer and more moralistic Troy Book, Fall of Princes and the Siege of Thebes. The Troy Book was a translation of the Latin prose narrative by Guido delle Colonne, Historia Destructionis Troiae. Lydgate was also believed to have written London Lickpenny, a well-known satirical work; however, his authorship of this piece has been heavily discredited. He also translated the poems of Guillaume de Deguileville into English. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Temple of Glass (Dodo Press) (John Lydgate)