Piers the Ploughman
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Piers the Ploughman
By (Author) William Langland
Introduction by J. Goodridge
Translated by J. Goodridge
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
31st December 1963
26th January 2006
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 18mm
236g
Description
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.
Author Bio
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.
