His first work, written in French and translated as "The Mirror of Man" (**), was a meditation on sinfulness and the fall of man, later retitled "Speculum Hominis".
His moral and philosophical works were praised by his peers to the extent that Geoffrey Chaucer dedicated "Troilus and Cressida" to him. His first work, written in French and translated as "The Mirror of Man" (**), was a meditation on sinfulness and the fall of man, later retitled "Speculum Hominis". A more famous (*) work, written in Latin and translated as "The Clamoring Voice", gives historians a contemporary view of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. His "Tripartite Chronicle" condemned the vices of the royal court, and Richard II convinced him to use English to write his most famous work, which consists of a woman confessing to her priest after complaining to Venus. FTP, name this Middle English poet of the "Lover's Confession".
His moral and philosophical works were praised by his peers to the extent that Geoffrey Chaucer dedicated "Troilus and Cressida" to him.
John Gower