Inspired by the example of his predecessors Chaucer and Gower, John
Lydgate articulated in his poetry, prose and translations many of
the most serious political questions of his day. In the fifteenth
century Lydgate was the most famous poet in England, filling
commissions for the court, the aristocracy, and the guilds. He
wrote for an elite London readership that was historically very
small, but that saw itself as dominating the cultural life of the
nation. Thus the new literary forms and modes developed by Lydgate
and his contemporaries helped shape the development of English
public culture in the fifteenth century. Maura Nolan offers a major
re-interpretation of Lydgate's work and of his central role in the
developing literary culture of his time. Moreover, she provides a
wholly new perspective on Lydgate's relationship to Chaucer, as he
followed Chaucerian traditions while creating innovative new ways
of addressing the public.
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