Title: Songes of Rechelesnesse
First published: 1997
Description: William Langland's Piers Plowman provides a highly charged picture of England near the end of the fourteenth century, a time of political, religious, and moral crises. The period in which Langland wrote was volatile and full of colorful and contentious people: Edward III, Richard II, Chaucer, and Wyclif - and Langland. In "Songes of Rechelesnesse," Lawrence M. Clopper presents the voice of this powerful disputant who lived in a period marked by dissent and discontent.

This book will be of interest to literary scholars, historians of the late Middle Ages, and scholars in religious studies.
Subjects: Christian poetry, English (Middle), Christianity, Franciscans, Friars in literature, History, History and criticism, History of doctrines, In literature, Monasticism and religious orders, Poverty, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Poverty, Langland, william, 1330?-1400?, English literature, history and criticism, middle english, 1100-1500, Learning and scholarship, Civilization, Medieval, in literature
Places: England
People: William Langland (1330?-1400?)
Time periods: Middle Ages, 600-1500
LC classification: PR2017.F73 C57 1997