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William Langland

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English writer

United KingdomWritersLived 1332 to 1386 · aged 54
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William Langland is the presumed author of a work of Middle English alliterative verse generally known as Piers Plowman, an allegory with a complex variety of religious themes. The poem translated the language and concepts of the cloister into symbols and images that could be understood by a layman.

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"Langland's Dreamer": from an illuminated initial in a Piers Plowman manuscript held at Corpus Christi College, Oxford"Langland's Dreamer": from an illuminated initial in a Piers Plowman manuscript held at Corpus Christi College, Oxford

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United Kingdom
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1332 to 1386 · aged 54
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