Talk:John Gower

Peasants'Revolt
I plan to delete the following: "Gower takes the side of the aristocracy, and appears to have admired the techniques Richard II used to suppress the revolt." I am unable to find any admiration for Richard II's techniques in VC Book one. Cap. XVII suggests Richard failed to suppress the revolt. Credit is given to William Walworth in CAP XIX.Rdmoore6 (talk) 19:20, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Untitled
Hello, I don't know how to fix it, but there is a spelling error up at the very top of the entry, the very first paragraph. The spelling is, as correct later in the article, "Mirour."

Untitled
Hello,

I am proofing the works of John Gower with Distributed_Proofreaders, aiming to do an ebook available on Project Gutenberg. The precise book is "Complete Works of John Gower", with Macaulay as an editor.

in this book, one of the text is called "Mirour de l'omme or Speculum Hominis". It is slighty different that what is written on the article, which is "Mirrour de l'homme, or Speculum Meditantis". I am by no mean an expert so I can't judge, but I would like to know who is right.

Koxinga 19:18, 6 January 2006 (UTC)


 * They're all right. :)
 * Mirour de l'omme is probably the more common spelling of the French title of the work, so it may be worth changing to that in the Wikipedia article, but both forms are found in the literature. As for the Latin titles, Gower used both forms himself, so we should be mentioning both here. &mdash; Haeleth Talk 01:08, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Gower in "Pericles"
Can anyone confirm this is the same John Gower who is dramatised by Shakespeare in Pericles, Prince of Tyre? AndyJones 19:52, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, this is Shakespeare's "ancient Gower". &mdash; Haeleth Talk 21:07, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you. AndyJones 21:33, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I've edited that bit to include Henry IV Part 2 and Henry V which also include Gower. Cariel (talk) 20:53, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Trentham manuscript
I have suppressed (via hidden text) the remarks on Trentham manuscript for two reasons:
 * 1) I have not been able to obtain text of Sobecki article to verify references.
 * 2) They don't fit in Works section. It might be worth adding a Manuscript section as there are interesting things which could be include with Fisher Moral Philosopher and Macaulay as souce.Rdmoore6 (talk) 17:03, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

The Sobecki article is available online on the journal home page, and the article affects Gower's political views. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farabay (talk • contribs) 18:09, 18 December 2015 (UTC) I have added a section on the Trentham manuscript, given its significance for Gower's politics and his handwriting.Farabay (talk) 18:13, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

Ideal English Soldier
I am unable to find any citation to support Gower as "ideal English soldier" in Henry V. Perusal of Shakespeare's play does not support this. Act III Scene VI a character is addressed as "Captain Gower". There is little in John Gower's biography which would suggest he was a soldier.

Most occurrences of this phrase in Google are derived from the Wikipedia article. Principal exception is Gen Robert E Lee. https://etd.auburn.edu/bitstream/handle/10415/2669/McDonnell%20Dissertation%201.pdf.txt?sequence=3&isAllowed=y — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rdmoore6 (talk • contribs) 19:36, 1 May 2018 (UTC)