Piers Plowman
- ISBN-10
- 1794523529
- ISBN-13
- 9781794523524
- Series
- Piers Plowman
- Pages
- 215
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-01-24
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Author
- 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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- 2018
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