Piers Plowman
E11707
Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piers Plowman canonical | 15 |
| Piers the Plowman | 2 |
| C-text of Piers Plowman | 1 |
| Piers Plowman textual tradition | 1 |
| The Vision of Piers Plowman | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T101525 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Piers Plowman Context triple: [Middle English, hasNotableWork, Piers Plowman]
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William Langland
William Langland was a 14th-century English poet best known as the probable author of the allegorical Middle English poem "Piers Plowman."
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Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
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The Gawain Poet
The Gawain Poet is the anonymous 14th-century English poet best known for composing the Middle English alliterative masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and several related religious and allegorical works.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was a 14th-century English poet, civil servant, and author of "The Canterbury Tales," often regarded as the father of English literature.
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E.
Goodwin Knight
Goodwin Knight was an American Republican politician who served as the 31st governor of California in the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Piers Plowman Target entity description: Piers Plowman is a major Middle English allegorical poem, attributed to William Langland, that explores social justice and Christian spirituality through a series of dream visions.
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A.
William Langland
William Langland was a 14th-century English poet best known as the probable author of the allegorical Middle English poem "Piers Plowman."
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B.
Ancrene Wisse
Ancrene Wisse is an early 13th-century Middle English devotional and instructional guide written for female religious recluses (anchoresses), notable for its spiritual counsel and insight into medieval religious life.
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C.
The Gawain Poet
The Gawain Poet is the anonymous 14th-century English poet best known for composing the Middle English alliterative masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and several related religious and allegorical works.
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D.
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was a 14th-century English poet, civil servant, and author of "The Canterbury Tales," often regarded as the father of English literature.
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E.
Goodwin Knight
Goodwin Knight was an American Republican politician who served as the 31st governor of California in the 1950s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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allegorical poem ⓘ dream vision poem ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | late 14th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Lollardy ⓘ |
| author | William Langland ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major work of Middle English literature ⓘ |
| comparedWith | The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Conscience
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Lady Holy Church ⓘ Reason ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| criticizes |
abuses in the medieval Church
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corrupt clergy ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| explores |
relationship between work and faith
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role of the laity in Christian life ⓘ |
| focusesOn | search for Dowel, Dobet, Dobest ⓘ |
| form | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
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religious literature ⓘ visionary literature ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
A-text
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B-text ⓘ C-text ⓘ |
| influenced |
English religious reform movements
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William Morris ⓘ modern social Christianity ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
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surface form:
Middle English literature
|
| literaryTradition | alliterative revival ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Piers Plowman
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Piers the Plowman
Will ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | complex and variable ⓘ |
| meter | alliterative long line ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first-person dreamer ⓘ |
| originalVerseForm | unrhymed alliterative verse ⓘ |
| setting |
Middle Ages
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surface form:
medieval England
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| structure | series of dream visions ⓘ |
| studiedIn | medieval English literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
Christian spirituality
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church corruption ⓘ grace ⓘ salvation ⓘ sin ⓘ social justice ⓘ true Christian life ⓘ |
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Referenced by (20)
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