Piers Plowman

Piers Plowman
ISBN-10
1542376297
ISBN-13
9781542376297
Series
Piers Plowman
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
2017-01-06
Publisher
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author
William William Langland

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.

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