| The Life and Times of John Trevisa, Medieval Scholar Subjects: Trevisa John d. 1402; Authors English -- Middle English 1100–1500 -- Biography; Latin language -- Translating into English (Middle) -- History; Catholic Church -- England -- Berkeley -- Clergy -- Biography; England -- Intellectual life -- 1066–1485; T; John Trevisa (ca.1342-1402), perhaps the greatest of Middle English prose translators of Latin texts into English, was almost an exact contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer. Trevisa was born in Cornwall, studies at Oxford, and was instituted vicar of Berkeley, a position he held until his death. |