Author: BARRATT, ALEXANDRA (ED. ) & (DAME ELEANOR HULL)
Title: The Seven Psalms: A Commentary on the Penitential Psalms Translated from French Into English By Dame Eleanor Hull
Description: Early English Text Society, 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0197223095. Very light bump to top of spine else Fine. DJ has very light shelfwear. ; Early English Text Society No. 307; 368 pages; 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.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0197223095 EETS Early English Text Society Middle English


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