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Professor Du Boulay's book is both a highly readable introduction to Langland's work and an original contribution to the history of religious thought. It rejects the view that Langland was primarily a political radical or a prophet of doom and sees him as both a great imaginative poet and a preacher of Christian charity. Writing in an age of intellectual subtlety and shifting social frontiers, Langland expressed deep anxieties yet offered to his fellow-Christians a way of interior repentance and practical love, guided by the enigmatic figure of Piers.
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The England of Piers Plowman, F. R. H. Du Boulay
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- Released
- 1991
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- Title
- The England of Piers Plowman
- Language
- English
- Authors
- F. R. H. Du Boulay
- Publisher
- Brewer
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0859913120
- ISBN13
- 9780859913126
- Series
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- Professor Du Boulay's book is both a highly readable introduction to Langland's work and an original contribution to the history of religious thought. It rejects the view that Langland was primarily a political radical or a prophet of doom and sees him as both a great imaginative poet and a preacher of Christian charity. Writing in an age of intellectual subtlety and shifting social frontiers, Langland expressed deep anxieties yet offered to his fellow-Christians a way of interior repentance and practical love, guided by the enigmatic figure of Piers.