Thomas Hoccleve: The Regiment of Princes

by Thomas Hoccleve, Charles R. Blyth (Editor)

"The Regiment of Princes," written about 1410–11, was composed at a time when England was still feeling the consequences of the deposition of Richard II. Essentially it is addressed to a prince on the subject of his governance, but it exhibits considerable generic instability and thus raises fundamental questions about how we should understand the tone of considerable portions of the poem.

Genres: Poetry, Medieval

278 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

Thomas Hoccleve or Occleve (c.1368 - 1426) was an English poet and clerk.

A key figure of fifteenth-century English literature, and now recognised as providing a wealth of insight into the literate culture of England during the Lancastrian regime.