Title: Langland and the Rokele family
Description: The social and political opinions of the author of 'Piers Plowman' derive from, and reflect, a personal background significantly different from that of Chaucer, Gower or the Pearl-poet. This book illuminates that evidence, mainly by supplying some hitherto neglected facts about Langland's extended family, the Rokeles, and their prominent public role in his own time as well as in the generations that preceded his birth.
Subjects: Family, English literature, History and criticism, Langland, william, 1330?-1400?, Social classes, great britain, Family, great britain
People: William Langland (1330?-1400?)
Time periods: Middle English, 1100-1500