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William Langland

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in The United Kingdom

November 30, 1331

Died

November 30, 1385

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William Langland, (born c. 1330—died c. 1400), presumed author of one of the greatest examples of Middle English alliterative poetry, generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegorical work with a complex variety of religious themes.

One of the major achievements of Piers Plowman is that it translates the language and conceptions of the cloister into symbols and images that could be understood by the layman. In general, the language of the poem is simple and colloquial, but some of the author’s imagery is powerful and direct.

Little is known of Langland’s life: he is thought to have been born somewhere in the region of the Malvern Hills, in Worcestershire, and if he is to be identified with the “dreamer” of the poem, he may have been educated ...more

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	Piers Plowman by William Langland, Elizabeth Robertson (Editor), Stephen H.A. Shepherd (Editor), E. Talbot Donaldson (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 3,145 ratings — published 1360 — 311 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piers Plowman by William Langland, A.V.C. Schmidt (Translator) 3.36 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 1377 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Langland's "Piers Plowman": The C Version (The Middle Ages Series) by William Langland, George D. Economou (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1979 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piers Plowman; with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (anon.) [Hardcover] Langland, William by William Langland, Terence Tiller (Translator), Marie Boroff (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vision of Piers Plowman II Text B by William Langland (Editor), Walter W. Skeat (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piers Plowman 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Piers Plowman: The Prologue and Passus I–VII of the B Text as Found in Bodleian MS. Laud. Misc. 581 by William Langland, J.A.W. Bennett 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1972 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vision and Creed of Piers Ploughman Volume 1 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The vision of William concerning Piers Plowman, together with Vita de Dowel, Dobet, et Dobest, and Richard the Redeles, by William Langland, edited ... notes, and indexes by Walter W. Skeat by William Langland, Walter W. Skeat (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parallel Extracts from 45 MSS of Piers Plowman by William Langland, Walter W. Skeat (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive (7 books)
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William Langland,

Thorlac Turville-Petre (Editor),

Hoyt N. Duggan (Editor)

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Quotes by William Langland (?)

“But all the wickedness in the world which man may do or think is no more to the mercy of God than a live coal dropped in the sea.”
― William Langland

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“Necessity has no law.”
― William Langland

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“And what a tree took away a tree shall restore”
― William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman

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