biography
pronunciation:
[lidgayt]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1370–c.1451)
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| biography:
| Monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, E England, UK. He may have studied at Oxford and Cambridge. He became a Benedictine monk at Bury St Edmunds, and in 1423 was made prior of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. A court poet, his longer moralistic works include The Troy Book (1412–20), The Story of Thebes (1420), and Falls of Princes (1430–8). He also wrote devotional, philosophical, scientific, historical, and occasional poems, as well as allegories, fables, and romances. |
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