1st Edition

Justice and Mercy in Piers Plowman A Reading of the B Text Visio

By Myra Stokes Copyright 1984
306 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published by 1984 Justice and Mercy in Piers Plowman provides a clear and informative introduction to the complexities of Langland’s Piers Plowman. It identifies Langland’s major concerns and shows in detail, passus by passus , how these are developed by him in the first part of the poem – the Visio . It offers a close reading of the text and draws parallels where relevant with... Read more

1. Justice, Mercy and Law

2. Regnum, Sacerdotium, Justice and Mercy

3. Mede and Mercy

4. Reason, Repentance, and Mercy

5. Labour and Pardon

6. The Vita

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Myra Stokes