Poems and Carols (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Douce 302)

by John Audelay and Audelay John the Blind

Audelay's idiosyncratic devotional tastes, interesting personal life history, and declared political affiliations-loyalty to king, upholder of estates, anxiety over heresy-make him worthy of careful study beside his better-known contemporaries. Of particular note: MS Douce 302 preserves Audelay's own alliterative Marcolf and Solomon, a poem thought to be descended from Langland's Piers Plowman. The Audelay Manuscript also contains unique...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580441319
• ISBN13: 9781580441315
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Length: 404 Pages