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August 1990

Vol. 22 Richard Maidstone’s Penitential Psalms

Edited by Valerie Edden (1990). Edition from Bodl. MS Rawlinson A 389 Richard Maidstone (d. 1396) was a Carmelite friar, whose skill as a poet has only recently been acknowledged. The popularity of his Penitential Psalms is attested by their survival in twenty manuscripts and the inclusion of extracts from them into anthologies. They use the psalm texts as a… Read More »Vol. 22 Richard Maidstone’s Penitential Psalms