Treasures: Columbia Rare Book & Manuscript Library 12, John Gower 13301408. Confessio amantis. English manuscript on vellum, 171leaves, England, ca. 1400 (Plimpton 265) http://www.columbia.edu/acis/textarchive/rare/12.html
Extractions: John Gower Confessio amantis English manuscript on vellum, 171 leaves, England, ca. 1400 (Plimpton 265) John Gower was a contemporary and acquaintance of Chaucer, and, although his poetic gifts did not equal Chaucer's, he stands as a major figure in the history of literature who helped mold his Middle English dialect into the national literary language. Confessio amantis consists of a series of 112 allegorical tales set within the framework of a dialogue between the poet and a priest of Venus, taking as its theme various aspects of the notion of love. Drawn from history, legend, scripture and classical mythology, the thirty thousand rhymed lines, divided into a prologue and eight books, were composed probably in 1383 and 1384 at the request of Richard II. This manuscript, which extends from line 504 of the Prologue to line 2,791 of Book VIII, is of special interest since it may have been prepared during the poet's lifetime. Written in an English gothic minuscule hand, it contains full page illuminated floral borders and, on folio 2 verso, a miniature of the statue of which King "Nabugodonor" (Nebuchadnezzar) dreamed. Gift of George A. Plimpton
GOWER Gower. John Gower, c. 13301408, was Chaucer s contemporary and friend. He wasan avid land purchaser, and by the end of 1369 two of his real estate http://www.columbia.edu/dlc/garland/deweever/G/gower.htm
Extractions: Main Menu List of entries finished GOWER. John Gower, c. 1330-1408, was Chaucer's contemporary and friend. He was an avid land purchaser, and by the end of 1369 two of his real estate transactions were involved in court action. He was known at the royal court, and his most famous poem, Confessio Amantis , was written at Richard II's request between 1382 and 1386, the same period as Chaucer's Knight's Tale and Troilus and Criseyde. His other works are Speculum meditantis or Mirour de l'omme, written in French and completed before 1377, and Vox Clamantis, written in Latin and completed between 1385 and 1399, when Chaucer was writing The Legend of Good Women and The Canterbury Tales. These three poems, each in a different languageEnglish, French, and Latinindicate that fourteenth-century poets, writers, intellectuals, and those who desired success at court had to be proficient in three languages. Chaucer appointed Gower as his attorney before he set out on his mission to Italy in 1378, a testimony to their friendship. The Man of Law criticizes tales of incest such as stories of Canacee and Apollonius of Tyre
Gower John Gower (c.13301408), born the son of a rich Yorkshire family, lived in Kentthroughout the first half of his life. From 1377 onwards he lived at the http://user.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/~holteir/companion/Navigation/Authors/Go
Extractions: John Gower (c.1330-1408), born the son of a rich Yorkshire family, lived in Kent throughout the first half of his life. From 1377 onwards he lived at the priory of St. Mary Overie's in Southwark. At the age of 70 he went blind. He was a benefactor to the priory and was buried in its church (today: St. Saviour's). He was known at court, he knew Richard II personally and was a friend of Chaucer, who dedicated his Troilus and Criseyde to him. 'Moral Gower', as Chaucer called him, is most famous for his masterly use of three languages (Latin, French and English). In each language he wrote one major work criticising the political and social conditions of his time. His best-known works are the Mirour de l'Omme Speculum Meditantis c.1376-8), an allegory of about 32,000 lines in French about fallen man, his virtues and vices; the Vox Clamantis (c.1379-81) of 10,265 lines in Latin dealing with politics and kingship, especially the early reign of Richard II and the Peasants' Revolt of 1381; and the English Confessio Amantis (c.1390), 33,000 lines of a lover's confession to Genius, the priest of Venus. Among his shorter poems are the Anglo-Norman
LinksGower based on that edition published in The Works of John Gower (13301408 AD), ed.Prof. GC Macauley (Oxford, 1901). sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Confess/ http://user.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/~holteir/companion/Navigation/Authors/Go
Time Traveller's Guide To Medieval Britain The two most fêted poets of the late 14th century are William Langland (c 13321400)and John Gower (c 1330-1408), both preachers. Langland s Piers Plowman http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide12/part08.html
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The Mediadrome - Words - Poems Of The Week: Valentine's Day contain allusions to the practice, and John Gower (13301408) s 34th and 35thBallades (written in French) are often quoted as the earliest examples. http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/words_articles/poems_valentines.ht
Extractions: Poems of the Week: Valentines by John Stringer This week includes St. Valentines Day, so there is really no choice as to the subject for our poems. Valentine the historical figure is somewhat blurred. There appear to have been two (or three) early Christian martyrs with this name. Probably the best documented is one who, with St. Marius, assisted early Christians under persecution by Claudius II. He was arrested, and since he would not renounce his faith, he was condemned to be beaten with clubs, and then beheaded. This happened on February 14th, in about 270 A.D., which was also the last of the two years Claudius II was Caesar. Pope Julius I (333-356) is said to have built a church in his memory, at what is now the Porta del Popolo. There was also a Pope called Valentine, but he was only Pope for about 40 days; he died in 827. There was a Roman love festival on February 15th, called Lupercalia. In the manner of the early Church, Pope Gelasius, in 496 A.D. changed the date to the 14th, and called it Saint Valentine's Day; Valentine became the patron saint of lovers. It was believed that the martyr was also a physician, and he used to be invoked against blindness and epilepsy.
Index Gower, John (13301408). Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins.Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932). Dream Days The Golden Age http://www.eshu.cn/en3k/titles/index-g.htm
Index Gower, John (13301408). Confessio Amantis, or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins.Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932). Dream Days The Golden Age http://www.womenbooks.cn/G/
John Gower Quotes John Gower quotes and quotations, quotes by John Gower. They are. English poet,13301408 Email John Gower quotes to a friend http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/j/john_gower_2159.php
Chaucer, Wyclif, Hus, And Chelcicky By Sanderson Beck The poet John Gower (c. 13301408) was a friend of Chaucer. Although Gowersupported Edward III s claims in France, in 1369 he joined a group of prelates in http://www.san.beck.org/GPJ11-Chaucer,Wyclif.html
Authors G-I Gower, John, 13301408 Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932 Grammaticus, Saxo Grant,Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Graves, Robert Ranke, 1895-1985 http://www.worldwide-library.co.uk/Authors/g-i.htm
John Gower California at Berkeley Based upon Prof. GC Macauley 1901 edition of TheWorks of John Gower (13301408 AD), published by Oxford. http://library.marist.edu/diglib/english/englishliterature/medieval-lit/gower-jo
Extractions: John Gower (1325?-1403) Confessio Amantis or Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins The Online Medieval and Classical Library, University of California at Berkeley: Based upon Prof. G.C. Macauley 1901 edition of The Works of John Gower (1330-1408 A.D.) , published by Oxford. Ecole Glossary: John Gower, The Ecole Initiative, Evansville University: Karen Rae Keck's brief biography of the poet which contextualizes Gower through links to world and literary history. John Gower , Catholic Encyclopedia: A fairly lengthy encyclopedia article written by P. J. LENNOX for volume VI of the 1909 edition of The Catholic Encyclopedia . Transcribed by Gerard Loiselle.-MJM John Gower (1325?-1403) , The Geoffrey Chaucer Page, Harvard University: A fine introduction to Chaucer's friend and fellow poet. Includes the following works, among others: The Prologue to the Confessio Amantis The Tale of Constance (Bk II, 587-612), The Tale of Phoebus and the Crow (Bk III, 783-817), The Four Humors (or Complexions) (Bk VII, 380-520) and The Tale of Virginia (Bk VII, 5131-5306).
ORB: The Online Reference Book For Medieval Studies John Gower (13301408) was a friend of Chaucer s and a fellow poet. His ConfessioAmantis ( The Lover s Confession ) bears some resemblance to the http://www.the-orb.net/textbooks/anthology/beidler/clerics.html
Extractions: Encyclopedia Library Reference Teaching ... HOME Chapter Eight of Backgrounds to Chaucer , Peter G. Beidler, Lehigh University John Gower (1330-1408) was a friend of Chaucer's and a fellow poet. His Confessio Amantis ("The Lover's Confession") bears some resemblance to the Canterbury Tales , for it is a collection of tales in Middle English loosely bound within a fictional narrative framework. Gower also wrote, in French, the Miroir de l'homme ("The Mirror of Man") and, in Latin, the Vox clamantis ("The Voice of One Crying"). In this last work, a poem of well over 10,000 lines, Gower presents a dream-vision of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt and then offers many lines of social and religious criticism. Here is the ideal priest as described by Gower: A priest's honor is great, and his power is even greater, if he remains pious and good, and far removed from vices. With their hands they perform rites of the highest sacrament, through which the flesh is made one with God by a word. And they can take away the sin for which our first parent fell, by the sacred purification of baptism. . . . They are the salt of the earth, by which we on earth are seasoned; without their savor man could scarcely be seasoned. . . . They are Jacob's ladder with its many steps, reaching to the heights of heaven; by them the pathway will lie revealed.
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Confessio Amantis, Or Tales Of The Seven Deadly Sins - Prologus Written by John Gower, 13301408 AD The following electronic text is based onthat edition published in THE WORKS OF John Gower, ed. Prof. GC Macauley. http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/historygeography/ConfessioAman
Extractions: by John Gower (ed Prof. G. C. Macauley) Terms Contents Prologus Explicit Prologus ... Explicit Liber Septimus Prologus ritten by John Gower, 1330-1408 A.D. The following electronic text is based on that edition published in THE WORKS OF JOHN GOWER, ed. Prof. G.C. Macauley. Torpor, ebes sensus, scola parua labor minimusque
Extractions: University College London: home page ARCHON : Contact details IDENTITY STATEMENT Reference code(s) : MS FRAG ANGL 1 Held at : University College London Title: Gower's 'Confessio Amantis' (fragment) Date(s) : 15th century Level of description : Collection (fonds) Extent : 4 leaves Name of creator(s) : Unknown CONTEXT Administrative/Biographical history : John Gower: born, c1330; squire, and poet in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory; his major works were 'Speculum Meditantis', a French poem on vice and virtue, 'Vox Clamantis', a Latin elegaic poem, and 'Confessio Amantis', in English, the first version of which was composed c1383 at the request of Richard II, to whom it was dedicated, although the dedication, and Gower's allegiance, were transferred to Henry of Lancaster (afterwards Henry IV) for the second version, c1393; a friend of Geoffrey Chaucer; died, 1408. Confessio Amantis was first published by Caxton in 1483. For this text, cf G C Macaulay, John Gower's English Works , vol i (Early English Text Society, Extra Series, no 81, 1900), which mentions this fragment (p clxvi), although the author had not seen it.
MeredithConroy Criticism about John Gower (c. 13301408). Gower tells the famous story ofXanthippe pouring water on Socrates12 in both the Mirour and the Confessio in http://www.aaroncommand.com/StudyWiki/default.aspx/ClassicalPhilosophy.MeredithC
Extractions: Meredith Conroy Enter a topic name to show or a new topic name to create; then press Enter My Ext. 5347 ARISTOTLE SECTION What influence did the Academy and his peers at the Academy have upon Aristotle? Academy: School started by Plato; Aristotle was a student and later at teacher at the school. Other teachers were Xenocrates and Spuesippus. Aristotle joined the Academy in it's 20th year. The Academy was very political For a timeline of events effecting Aristotle's position at the Academy click Click to read this topic 4/13/2004 10:24:59 PM - -192.160.216.55 DramaRama Peers: Xenocrates- teacher at the Academy; also left when Plato died and he was not named Headmaster. It was assumed that he would be headmaster when Plato died because he identified with Plato's theories more than Seusippus and Aristotle. He upheld the existance of ideas that were apart of Plato's theory (33). "Xenocrates was the first of that long and still continuing line of Western philosophers who seem to think it necissary to prove that all their own variations of theories are just what Plato really meant (44)." He have been a member of the group of philosophers whom Aristotle led in Assos; When Speussippus died he became the Headmaster of Plato's Academy. (Source-Cherniss, Harold. The Riddle of the Early Academy. USC: 1945) Speusippus-Plato's nephew; teacher at the Academy; Became head master when Plato died. This may have strained the relationship between he and Aristotle, since Aristotle was the assumed heir to the Academy.
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Extractions: Arts and Sciences Webpages: Newbooks SCA Home Newcomers Member Services Locating SCA Groups ... Official Documents Project Gutenberg project manager The proofreading website is at: http://www.pgdp.net/ The following pre-1600 books are currently being proofread on the Project Gutenberg site: First Proofing Chaucer's Works. Down to just the last 2 volumes. The Works of John Gower. He lived 1330-1408. The Coronado expedition, 1540-1542. The English translation is out of round 1, but the Spanish original still has round 1 pages. Holinshed's Chronicles. Many volumes... Shakespeare learned his history from these books. Records of the Kirk of Scotland. Presbyterian intrigue at its finest. Mastro della Ballo. A handwritten Italian dance manual, 1614. Correspondance diplomatique de Bertrand de Salignac de La Mothe Fenelon, ambassadeur de France en Angleterre de 1568 a 1575 (6) [In French] Shakespeare and Music Child Ballads. Only a few of the texts are pre-1600 , but these are very popular among the "traditional" music crowd. Complete Works of Robert Burns. None pre-1600, but still popular among the "traditional" folk.
