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Piers Plowam - William Langland

William Langland (1330-1387) has been given credit for creating "Piers Plowman," even though very little is known about him. The work survives in 50 manuscripts.
Electronic Archive of Piers Plowman
Read about the goals and the problems of synthesizing the versions of "Piers Plowman" into a unified, electronic text.
Hypertext Annotation of Passus Five
Read the text of passus five of William Langland's "Piers Plowman," and follow the textual links to read the annotations.
Vision of Piers Plowman, The
Publishes the complete text of Cambridge's B-text version of this medieval tale.

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