The Life of Richard Rolle
Together with an Edition of his English Lyrics
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 1 May 2026
- ISBN 9781041302636
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages374 pages
- Size 216x138 mm
- Weight 850 g
- Language English 700
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Short description:
Richard Rolle, hermit of Hampole, is one of the least known yet most important English mystics. When this book was originally published in 1928, it was the first time that his English lyrics and religious poems had been gathered together from manuscript sources and put into modern spelling.
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Richard Rolle, hermit of Hampole, is one of the least known yet most important English mystics, being the forerunner of Walter Hilton and Dame Julian. He is also one of the earliest writers in the vernacular. Originally published in 1928, this volume contains a brief life based on the Legenda and on his own writings. When this book was originally published, it was the first time that his English lyrics and religious poems had been gathered together from manuscript sources and put into modern spelling.
Original Reviews of The Life of Richard Rolle:
‘Miss Comper’s The Life of Richard Rolle is both full and delightful.’ Quarterly Review
‘Miss Comper’s thorough, sober scholarship, her entire freedom from dogmatic arrogance…give her a notable niche among writers on mystical matters.’ Church Times.
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Part 1: The Life 1. Oxford in the Days of Richard Rolle 2. Of the Influence of the Franciscans in Oxford: And of the Friaries and Monastic Houses There 3. The Studies Then Pursued at Oxford 4. Richard Leaves Oxford and Flees From His Father’s House to Become a Hermit 5. Richard Dwells with the Daltons – Lives Hardly and is Tempted 6. Richard’s Mystical Experiences 7. Of the Union of the Soul with Christ: And How Perfect Love Stands in Heat and Song and Sweetness: And of the Three Degrees of this Love 8. The Sources Upon Which Richard Drew 9. The Latter Days and Death of Richard Part 2: The Lyrics 1. The Manuscripts of Most Importance for the Study of the Lyrics 2. Poems Formerly and Wrongly Ascribed to Rolle 3. The Lyrics Which Are Almost Certainly by Rolle 4. Lyrics on the Theme of the Passion and of the Holy Name 5. On the Theme of the Holy Name 6. Paraphrases and Doubtful Poems.
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