The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man
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The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man is a Middle English allegorical poem by John Lydgate that adapts and expands a French spiritual journey narrative to depict the soul’s progress through life toward salvation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man canonical | 2 |
| The Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode | 1 |
| The Pilgrimage of the Soul | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2567749 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man Context triple: [John Lydgate, notableWork, The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man]
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Letters on the Spiritual Life
Letters on the Spiritual Life is a collection of pastoral and ascetical writings by the 19th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and mystic St. Theophan the Recluse, offering practical guidance on prayer, repentance, and inner spiritual growth.
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The Pilgrimage
The Pilgrimage is the English title of Surah Al-Hajj, a chapter of the Qur’an that discusses the rites, significance, and spiritual meaning of the Hajj to Mecca.
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent
The Ladder of Divine Ascent is a classic 7th-century Eastern Christian spiritual treatise that outlines a 30-step path of ascetic and contemplative practices leading the soul toward union with God.
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D.
On the Morals of Dervishes
"On the Morals of Dervishes" is a didactic chapter in Saadi's classic Persian work Gulistan that reflects on the ethics, behavior, and spiritual conduct of Sufi ascetics.
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E.
The Earthly Paradise
The Earthly Paradise is a lengthy cycle of narrative poems by William Morris that retells classical and medieval legends within a richly imagined, romantic medievalist framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man Target entity description: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man is a Middle English allegorical poem by John Lydgate that adapts and expands a French spiritual journey narrative to depict the soul’s progress through life toward salvation.
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A.
Letters on the Spiritual Life
Letters on the Spiritual Life is a collection of pastoral and ascetical writings by the 19th-century Russian Orthodox bishop and mystic St. Theophan the Recluse, offering practical guidance on prayer, repentance, and inner spiritual growth.
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B.
The Pilgrimage
The Pilgrimage is the English title of Surah Al-Hajj, a chapter of the Qur’an that discusses the rites, significance, and spiritual meaning of the Hajj to Mecca.
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C.
The Ladder of Divine Ascent
The Ladder of Divine Ascent is a classic 7th-century Eastern Christian spiritual treatise that outlines a 30-step path of ascetic and contemplative practices leading the soul toward union with God.
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D.
On the Morals of Dervishes
"On the Morals of Dervishes" is a didactic chapter in Saadi's classic Persian work Gulistan that reflects on the ethics, behavior, and spiritual conduct of Sufi ascetics.
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E.
The Earthly Paradise
The Earthly Paradise is a lengthy cycle of narrative poems by William Morris that retells classical and medieval legends within a richly imagined, romantic medievalist framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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allegorical poem ⓘ religious literature ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | Le Pèlerinage de la vie humaine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bury St Edmunds Abbey
ⓘ
linked to:
Bury St Edmunds Abbey ruins
English monastic culture ⓘ |
| author | John Lydgate ⓘ |
| basedOn | French spiritual journey narrative ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| depicts |
allegorical pilgrimage
ⓘ
moral struggles of the soul ⓘ |
| expands | Le Pèlerinage de la vie humaine ⓘ |
| form | verse ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
allegorical guides
ⓘ
personified vices ⓘ personified virtues ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death and judgment
ⓘ
divine grace ⓘ moral choice ⓘ penitence ⓘ temptation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
French allegorical tradition
ⓘ
medieval Christian theology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
devout lay readers
ⓘ
religious communities ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dream vision ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late medieval devotional literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | important work of John Lydgate ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian pilgrimage
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moral instruction ⓘ salvation ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | soul’s progress through life ⓘ |
| purpose |
moral edification
ⓘ
spiritual instruction ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Pilgrimage of the Lyfe of the Manhode
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linked to:
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man
The Pilgrimage of the Soul ⓘ
linked to:
The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man
|
| religiousGenre | pilgrimage literature ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Middle English studies
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medieval religious literature ⓘ |
| setting | allegorical landscape of life ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early 15th century ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man
linked to: The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man