Piers the Ploughman

by William Langland, J. Goodridge (Introduction)

Overview

Written by a fourteenth-century cleric, this spiritual allegory explores man in relation to his ultimate destiny against the background of teeming, colorful medieval life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141960920
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	01/26/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	556,921
File size:	473 KB

About the Author

Born in about 1332 in Shropshire, the son of a small Oxfordshire landholder, William Langland trained to be a priest but due to the death of his patrons he only took Minor Orders and was unable to advance in the Church. He wandered a good deal in England and lived an unconventional life, constantly writing verse. He died at the end of the century.