| Vox Clamantis | |
|---|---|
| by John Gower | |
 Archer represents Gower; Globe segments are clergy, knights, peasantry. | |
| Translator | John Dryden Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Seamus Heaney Allen Mandelbaum Robert Fitzgerald Robert Fagles Frederick Ahl Sarah Ruden |
| Written | 1370s–1400s |
| First published in | 1400s |
| Country | England |
| Language | Latin |
| Subject(s) | Peasant's Revolt, English society |
| Genre(s) | Dream vision |
| Meter | Elegiac couplet |
| Publication date | 1370s–80s |
| Media type | Manuscript |
| Lines | 10,265 |
Vox Clamantis ("the voice of one crying out") is a Latin poem of 10,265 lines in elegiac couplets by John Gower (1330 – October 1408) . The first of the seven books is a dream vision giving a vivid account of the Peasants' Rebellion of 1381. Macaulay described the remaining books: "The general plan of the author is to describe the condition of society and of the various degrees of men, much as in the latter portion of the Speculum Meditantis."[1]: xxx Fisher concludes that books II-V were written in the 1370s while the author was writing similar passages in Mirour de l'Omme.[2]: 104
- ^ G.C. Macaulay (ed.). "Introduction, Life of Gower" (PDF). The Complete Works of John Gower, Vol 4 The Latin Works. p. vii–xxx.
- ^ John H. Fisher (1964). John Gower: Moral Philosopher and Friend of Chaucer. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0814701492.