William Bonde (died 1530) was a Bridgettine monk and author. His Pilgrimage of Perfection has been described as "the last synthesis of the contemplative life to be published before the Reformation”.
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. The book, published anonymously, was printed by Wynkyn de Worde, who had connections with Syon Abbey.
References
- 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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