Mirour de l'Omme or Speculum Meditantis
(French; 1376-79)

The Mirour is a moral and didactic poem of about 30,000 lines divided into three parts. In the first part, the Seven Deadly Sins and their opposite virtues are discussed; in the second part, the effect of sins on men who live in different conditions of society are shown; and the third part teaches sinners how they can gain redemption by repenting their sins and by asking the Virgin to be their intercessor.

For further information cf.:

The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21). Volume II. The End of the Middle Ages.
VI. John Gower.
§ 4. The French Speculum Meditantis (Mirour de l'Omme).
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