| The Seven Psalms Contributor(s): Barratt, Alexandra (Editor), Hull, Eleanor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0197223095 ISBN-13: 9780197223093 Publisher: Early English Text Society OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1996 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 223.209 |
| LCCN: 96157713 |
| Physical Information: 1.34" H x 5.71" W x 8.82" (1.40 lbs) 372 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first edition of a translation into English of an Old French Commentary on the Penitential Psalms, made in the fifteenth century by Dame Eleanor Hull, wife of Sir John Hull, a retainer of John of Gaunt. Eleanor Hull was a devout laywoman, lady-in-waiting to the second wife of Henry IV, who spent some of her life in Sopwell Priory, a house of Benedictine nuns attached to St. Albans Abbey. She is the first woman to have made translations into English whose name is known, and about whom there is any information. In addition to the commentary on the penitential psalms, she translated a collection of prayers and meditations. Dame Hull is a significant figure in English literary history, who has remained virtually unknown until now. |