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John Lydgate

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Lidgate, Suffolk, England

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Poetry, Chronicles, Fables

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John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451) was a monk and poet. 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 was an admirer of Geoffrey Chaucer and a friend to his son, Thomas) 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. Other patrons included the mayor and aldermen of London, the chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral, Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, however his main supporter from 1422 was Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester.

In 1423 John was made prior of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex but soon resigned the office to concentrate on his travels and writing. He ...more

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	The Temple of Glas by John Lydgate, J. Allan Mitchell (Editor) 3.24 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2009 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Siege of Thebes by John Lydgate, Robert R. Edwards (Editor) 3.22 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1422 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Lydgate's Troy Book: A Middle English Iliad (The Troy Myth in Medieval Britain Book 1) by John Lydgate, D.M. Smith (Translator) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1513 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troy Book: Selections 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mummings and Entertainments (Middle English Texts Series (Mets)) by John Lydgate, Claire Sponsler (Editor) 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Lydgate: The Minor Poems Vol I Religious Poems by John Lydgate (Editor), Henry Noble MacCracken (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lydgate's Minor Poems: the Two Nightingale Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disguising at Hertford 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lydgate and Burgh's Secrees of Old Philisoffres: A Version of the 'Secreta Secretorum'. by John Lydgate, Benedict Burge it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate by John Lydgate, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time”.”
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“You can satisfy some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot satisfy all of the people all the time”
― John Lydgate

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