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The Mirror for Magistrates
''The Mirror for Magistrates'' is a collection of English poems from the Tudor period by various authors which retell the lives and the tragic ends of various historical figures.
==Background==
This work was conceived as a continuation of the ''Fall of Princes'' by the 15th century poet John Lydgate. Lydgate's work was in turn inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio's ''De Casibus Virorum Illustrium'' ("Concerning the Falls of Illustrious Men") and the other significant work of exemplary literature in English: ''The Monk's Tale'' by Geoffrey Chaucer. The title refers to holding a mirror up to the actions of famous people and reflecting their deeds so that magistrates and other people in important positions can learn from their errors. Most of the poems take the form of ghosts examining themselves and their deeds in front of a mirror. Similar titles were popular in the middle ages and there were numerous other works which presented themselves as a speculum (Latin for "mirror") chief among them the ''Speculum Maius'' by Vincent de Beauvais, who lived during the time.
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