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Osbern Bokenham

Osbern Bokenham (1393 – 1463)

  1. English poet and friar
  2. Legends of Holy Women
    1. A verse collection of 10000 lines, in Middle English Suffolk dialect (Chaucerian decasyllabic verse)
    2. Consists of 13 legends of holy maidens and women: St Margaret Virgin, St Anne Mother of St mary, St Christine, St Faith, St Agnes, St Dorothy, Mary Magdalen, St Katherine, St Cecelia, St Agatha, St Lucy, St Elizabeth and Eleven Thousand Virgins of Saint Ursula.

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