The Psalter or Psalms of David and Certain Canticles (Classic Reprint): With a Translation and Exposition in English

by Richard Rolle

Excerpt from The Psalter or Psalms of David and Certain Canticles

There is nothing to shew when the hermit came to Hampole, or how long he remained there; nor is there any authentic record of his age. The English Martyrologe,' published under Jesuit auspices in a second edition in 1640, which refers to a ms. In the English College at Douay, says that he 'reposed in our Lord,'

584 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Richard Rolle (1290/1300 – late September 1349) was an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. 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, Yorkshire. In the words of Nicholas Watson, scholarly research has shown that "during 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."