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| Author:
| Lydgate, John |
| Editor:
| Edwards, Robert R. |
| Series title: | TEAMS Middle English Texts Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-879288-99-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Publisher: | Medieval Institute Publications
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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One of the most ambitious attempts in medieval vernacular poetry to recount the story of the Trojan war. John Lydgate, monk of the great Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, began composing the poem in October 1412 on commission from Henry, Prince of Wales, later King Henry V and he completed it in 1420.
One of the most ambitious attempts in medieval vernacular poetry to recount the story of the Trojan war. John Lydgate, monk of the great Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk, began composing the poem in October 1412 on commission from Henry, Prince of Wales, later King Henry V and he completed it in 1420.