Walter Hilton, the Scale of Perfection, Book II: A Critical Edition Based on British Library Mss Harley 6573 and 6579

by Walter Hilton

The Scale of Perfection is the major work of the late fourteenth-century contemplative writer, Walter Hilton, an Augustinian canon, presumed to have studied canon law at Cambridge before renouncing a promising legal career in order to become a recluse. He gave up the solitary religious life to enter the priory of Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire, where he died, some ten years later, in 1396. The Scale was composed in two books, the first written in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198789092
• ISBN13: 9780198789093
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Early English Text Society
• Length: 550 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 5.4" x 8.6"