Thomas Hoccleve, La Male Regle de Thomas Hocleve

Derek Pearsall (University of York)

Ed. by David Fuller, University of Durham
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.02: English Writing and Culture: High and Late Medieval, 1066-1485.
Vol. editors: Kate Ash-Irisarri (University of Edinburgh), Rory Critten (Université de Lausanne), David Fuller (University of Durham), Natalie Hanna (University of Liverpool), Hugh Magennis (Queen's University Belfast), Jamie McKinstry (University of Durham), Sarah Peverley (University of Liverpool), Sebastian Sobecki (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)

Dates

First circulation or publication c. 1411

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Autobiography (any)

Resources

Thomas Hoccleve was born about 1367, as appears from the age he gives for himself in the Dialogue with a Friend, written about 1420, part of the late grouping of his writings called the Series: “Of age I am fifty winter and thre” (line 246). Nothing is known of the first twenty years of his life, before he was appointed as a clerk in the office of the Privy Seal about 1387. Again a later poem, the Regiment of Princes (1410-13), where he speaks of having worked in that office for twenty-four years “come Easter” (presumably the Easter of 1411), provides the evidence (line 805). It was the occupation he was to follow for the rest of his life, without much advancement, until his death in 1426.

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Citation: Pearsall, Derek. "La Male Regle de Thomas Hocleve". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 June 2009 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4143, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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