Piers Plowman
- ISBN-10
- 1726495485
- ISBN-13
- 9781726495486
- Series
- Piers Plowman
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-09-07
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- William Langland
Description
Piers Plowman By William Langland 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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