Richard Rolle (1290–1349)
Author of The Fire of Love
About the Author
Image credit: Detail from “Religious Poems,” early 15th century; in the British Library (Cotton Ms. Faustina B. VI).
Works by Richard Rolle
English prose treatises of Richard Rolle de Hampole / ed. from Robert Thornton's MS. ... by George G. Perry (2000) 9 copies, 3 reviews
Two Revisions of Rolle's English Psalter Commentary and the Related Canticles: Volume II (2013) 5 copies, 1 review
Le chant d'amour 3 copies
?e Pater Noster of Richard Ermyte: a Late Middle English Exposition of the Lord's Prayer (1967) 2 copies
Contemplations of the dread and love of God, from the Ms. Harleian 2409 in the British Museum 1 copy
Yorkshire Writers: Richard Rolle of Hampole, an English Father of the Church and His Followers (2022) 1 copy
Prose and verse / Richard Rolle ; ed. from MS. Longleat 29 and related manuscripts by S. J. Ogilvie-Thomson 1 copy, 1 review
Richard Rolle's version of the penitential Psalms,: With his commentary, based on that of S. Augustine (1928) 1 copy
The Mending of Life 1 copy
Associated Works
The luminous vision : six medieval mystics and their teachings (1982) — Contributor, some editions — 23 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Rolle, Richard
- Other names
- Richard Rolle of Hampole
Richard Rolle de Hampole - Birthdate
- 1290
- Date of death
- 1349-09-29
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Oxford
Collège de Sorbonne - Occupations
- hermit
religious writer - Organizations
- Roman Catholic Church
- Nationality
- England
- Places of residence
- Hampole, England
Thornton, Yorkshire, England, UK (birth)
Paris, France
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Reviews
The introduction takes about 60 pages to say not much is known about Richard Rolle's life beyond the fact that he lived in the 14th century in Yorkshire. He wrote in both English and Latin, and this volume contains extracts from his commentary on the Psalms, a moving meditation on Christ's Passion (which I have made a note to re-read on Good Friday), and some letters of advice and encouragement he wrote to nuns -- mostly to an anchoress called Margaret Kirkby. These were interesting, but show more perhaps not very useful for those who are still living in the world Rolle seems to regard with so much wariness and disdain. show less
Left over from a college course in Medieval literature. I certainly wouldn't have bought this if I didn't have to. It's in Middle English for goodness sake! Genuine religious babbling in its purest form....
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