Piers Plowman

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Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English poem ⓘ
allegorical poem ⓘ
dream vision poem ⓘ
approximateCompositionDate late 14th century ⓘ
associatedWith Lollardy ⓘ
author William Langland ⓘ
canonicalStatus major work of Middle English literature ⓘ
comparedWith The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
containsCharacter Conscience ⓘ
Lady Holy Church ⓘ
Reason ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizes abuses in the medieval Church ⓘ
corrupt clergy ⓘ
social inequality ⓘ
explores relationship between work and faith ⓘ
role of the laity in Christian life ⓘ
focusesOn search for Dowel, Dobet, Dobest ⓘ
form alliterative verse ⓘ
genre allegory ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
visionary literature ⓘ
hasVersion A-text ⓘ
B-text ⓘ
C-text ⓘ
influenced English religious reform movements ⓘ
William Morris ⓘ
modern social Christianity ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle English literature ⓘ
linked to: Middle English
literaryTradition alliterative revival ⓘ
mainCharacter Piers the Plowman ⓘ
linked to: Piers Plowman

Will ⓘ
manuscriptTradition complex and variable ⓘ
meter alliterative long line ⓘ
narrativeVoice first-person dreamer ⓘ
originalVerseForm unrhymed alliterative verse ⓘ
setting medieval England ⓘ
linked to: Middle Ages
structure series of dream visions ⓘ
studiedIn medieval English literature courses ⓘ
theme Christian spirituality ⓘ
church corruption ⓘ
grace ⓘ
salvation ⓘ
sin ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
true Christian life ⓘ

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Middle English → hasNotableWork → Piers Plowman ⓘ
William Langland → knownFor → Piers Plowman ⓘ
William Langland → notableWork → Piers Plowman ⓘ
William Langland → probableAuthorOf → Piers Plowman ⓘ
William Langland → portraysCharacter → Piers the Plowman ⓘ
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Piers Plowman → mainCharacter → Piers the Plowman ⓘ
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Ricardian poets → associatedWithWork → Piers Plowman ⓘ
A-text → isVersionOf → Piers Plowman ⓘ
A-text → associatedWork → Piers Plowman ⓘ
C-text → partOf → Piers Plowman textual tradition ⓘ
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C-text → workTitle → Piers Plowman ⓘ
C-text → hasAlternativeName → C-text of Piers Plowman ⓘ
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C-text → isPrincipalVersionOf → Piers Plowman ⓘ
Lady Holy Church → appearsIn → Piers Plowman ⓘ
Lady Holy Church → workTitleFull → The Vision of Piers Plowman ⓘ
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Conscience (Piers Plowman) → appearsIn → Piers Plowman ⓘ
subject linked to: Conscience
Conscience (Piers Plowman) → allegoricalRoleIn → Piers Plowman ⓘ
subject linked to: Conscience
Alliterative Revival → producedWork → Piers Plowman ⓘ
Book V (Vox Clamantis) → relatedWork → Piers Plowman ⓘ
subject linked to: Book V
Winner and Waster → comparedTo → Piers Plowman ⓘ
The Parson → travelsWith → The Plowman ⓘ
linked to: Piers Plowman