Piers Plowman & New Anticlericalism by Wendy Scase
English | 21 Aug. 2008 | ISBN: 0521044545 | 268 Pages | PDF | 7 MB
English | 21 Aug. 2008 | ISBN: 0521044545 | 268 Pages | PDF | 7 MB
The medieval English poem Piers Plowman is noted for its attacks on the clergy. The later fourteenth century, when the poem was written, is often thought of as an anticlerical age. This book is an extended investigation of the anticlericalism of the poem.