Piers the Ploughman

by William Langland, J. F. Goodridge (Translator), J. F. 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:	9780140440874
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/28/1959
Series:	Classics Series
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.74(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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.