William Bonde (died 1530) was a Bridgettine monk and author.[1] His Pilgrimage of Perfection has been described as "the last synthesis of the contemplative life to be published before the Reformation”.[2]
Bonde was a brother at Syon Abbey. He published Pilgrimage of Perfection in English rather than Latin, to help those in the religious life who lacked Latin.[3] The book, published anonymously, was printed by Wynkyn de Worde, who had connections with Syon Abbey.[4]
References
edit- ^ Bainbridge, Virginia R. "Bonde, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67875. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ John P. H. Clark (1999). Fr. Augustine Baker: directions for contemplation. Inst. f. Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Salzburg. p. 104.
- ^ Alexandra da Costa (2012). Reforming Printing: Syon Abbey's Defence of Orthodoxy 1525-1534. Oxford University Press. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-0-19-965356-0.
- ^ Tamara Atkin; A. S. G. Edwards (2014). "155 oPrinters, Publishers, and Promoters to 1558". In Vincent Gillespie; Susan Powell (eds.). A Companion to the Early Printed Book in Britain, 1476-1558. D. S. Brewer. p. 31. ISBN 9781843843634.
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