Richard Rolle

<p>2017 Reprint of 1931 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  The fourteenth-century mystic Richard Rolle is one of the founders of literary English and his English writings possess not only a devotional but also an artistic value.  The text of the material selected in this collection is designed primarily for the student of Middle English literature.  The introduction contains a summary of Rolle’s life and writing.  The frontispiece is of Rolle taken from a book of devotion.</p>