Rolle, detail from "Religious Poems", early 15th century (Cotton Ms. Faustina B. VI)
Born
c. 1300
Died
1349
Nationality
English
Education
University of Oxford
Known for
Hermit, religious writer, Bible translator
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Richard Rolle (c. 1300 – 30 September 1349)[1][2] was an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer.[3] He is also known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since at the end of his life he lived near a Cistercian nunnery in Hampole, now in South Yorkshire.[4][5] In the words of Nicholas Watson, scholarly research has shown that "[d]uring the fifteenth century he was one of the most widely read of English writers, whose works survive in nearly four hundred English ... and at least seventy Continental manuscripts, almost all written between 1390 and 1500."[6] In many ways, he can be considered the first English author, insofar as his vernacular works were widely considered to have considerable religious authority and influence (both locally and internationally) soon after his death, and for centuries afterwards.[7][8][9]
^[No contributor noted] (1898). "Rolle, Richard, de Hampole". In Dictionary of National Biography. 23. London. pp. 164–166. 1904 Errata appended
^Hughes, Jonathan. "Rolle, Richard (1305×10–1349)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Watson, Nicholas (1991). Richard Rolle and the Invention of Authority. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 0521390176.
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rolle de Hampole, Richard". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23. (11th ed.) Cambridge University Press. pp. 466–467.
^Wooley, Reginald Maxwell (1919). The Officium and Miracula of Richard Rolle, of Hampole. New York: Macmillan. pp. 8–9.
^Watson. Richard Rolle and the Invention of Authority. p. 31.
^Watson, Nicholas (7 November 1991). Richard Rolle and the Invention of Authority. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-39017-0. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
^Cite error: The named reference RozWisdom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Berensmeyer, Ingo; Buelens, Gert; Demoor, Marysa (18 March 2021). The Cambridge Handbook of Literary Authorship. Cambridge University Press. pp. 98–114. ISBN 978-1-316-61794-6. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
RichardRolle (c. 1300 – 30 September 1349) was an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. He is also known as RichardRolle of Hampole or de Hampole...
commonly associated with Rolle; he is sometimes referred to as 'RichardRolle of Hampole' despite a lack of conclusive evidence that Rolle was ever in the small...
others such as RichardRolle who expressed similar views, e.g. that of the Holy Name acting as a "healing ointment" for the soul. Rolle believed that the...
Tauler, Henry Suso, and John of Ruysbroeck; and the English mystics RichardRolle, Walter Hilton and Julian of Norwich. This period also saw such individuals...
North Yorkshire, England. She was the principal disciple of the hermit RichardRolle, and the recipient of much of his writings. Variations of her name include...
Meister Eckhart, Johannes Tauler, and Henry Suso; and the English mystics RichardRolle, Walter Hilton, and Julian of Norwich. The Spanish mystics included...
Anthony of Padua Bonaventure Jacopone da Todi Angela of Foligno English RichardRolle Walter Hilton Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe Flemish Beatrice of Nazareth...
those in the Katherine Group and the writings of Julian of Norwich and RichardRolle. After the Norman conquest of England, Law French became the standard...
identifying information about its author. Five manuscripts attribute it to RichardRolle, three attribute it to Robert Grosseteste, and one attributes it to...
institutione inclusarum, the most important of the 13 surviving texts are RichardRolle's Form of Living (c. 1348) and The Scale of Perfection (written by Walter...
Anthony of Padua Bonaventure Jacopone da Todi Angela of Foligno English RichardRolle Walter Hilton Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe Flemish Beatrice of Nazareth...
Unknowing was not as popular in late medieval England as the works of RichardRolle or Walter Hilton, perhaps because the Cloud is addressed to solitaries...
David of Wales, John of Damascus, and Francis of Assisi. According to Richard Finn, much of early Christian asceticism has been traced to Judaism, but...
probably originated in England, in the devotional circles that surrounded RichardRolle or the English Brigittines. Whatever their origin, the prayers were...
Hildegard von Bingen, a musical in ten scenes, text: Jutta Richter, 1997 Richard Souther, Emily Van Evera, Sister Germaine Fritz OSB*: Vision: The Music...
Alexander Pope May Probyn Francis Quarles James Rhoades James Rennell Rodd RichardRolle Christina Rossetti Dante Gabriel Rossetti George William Russell (A...
English poem Cursor Mundi. RichardRolle (1290–1349) wrote an English Psalter. Many religious works are attributed to Rolle, but it has been questioned...
Anthony of Padua Bonaventure Jacopone da Todi Angela of Foligno English RichardRolle Walter Hilton Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe Flemish Beatrice of Nazareth...
Appelmans (13th c) The Ancrene Rule (13th c) Beguines and Beghards (13th c) RichardRolle (c.1300-49) Johannes Tauler (c.1300-1361) Jeanne Daubenton (d. 1372)...
contemplative prayer to experience union with God. In the 14th century, RichardRolle viewed contemplation as the path that leads the soul to union with God...
Hermit Bl. Gonçalo de Amarante, 13th century, Portugal, Dominican friar RichardRolle de Hampole, 13th century, England, religious writer Sergius of Radonezh...
Anthony of Padua Bonaventure Jacopone da Todi Angela of Foligno English RichardRolle Walter Hilton Julian of Norwich Margery Kempe Flemish Beatrice of Nazareth...
and Theology. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969), p. 124 Richard H. Popkin, Paul Edwards (ed.), Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 1967 edition...
Sufi poet 1345: 14 April – Richard de Bury, English bishop and bibliophile (born 1287) 1349: September – RichardRolle, English hermit, mystic and religious...
attracted to Middle Ages than to their own age. Medieval Englishman RichardRolle has been viewed as an early romantic writer with poems such as The Fire...
original on August 19, 2023. Retrieved May 2, 2010. Vauchez, André; Dobson, Richard Barrie; Lapidge, Michael (2000). Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages. Chicago:...