Richard Rolle

Richard Rolle
Richard Rolle
	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

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.

[1] [No contributor noted] (1898). "Rolle, Richard, de Hampole". In Dictionary of National Biography. 23. London. pp. 164–166. 1904 Errata appended

[Jonathan_Hughes_1349-2] 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.)

[3] Watson, Nicholas (1991). Richard Rolle and the Invention of Authority. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 0521390176.

[4] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Rolle de Hampole, Richard". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23. (11th ed.) Cambridge University Press. pp. 466–467.

[5] Wooley, Reginald Maxwell (1919). The Officium and Miracula of Richard Rolle, of Hampole. New York: Macmillan. pp. 8–9.

[6] Watson. Richard Rolle and the Invention of Authority. p. 31.

[watson-7] 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.

[RozWisdom-8] Cite error: The named reference RozWisdom was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[kraebelauthorship-9] 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.

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