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William Langland

(Langland, William, 1330?-1400?)

William Langland, as depicted in a stained glass window at the parish church of St Mary the Virgin in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire
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William Langland (Latin: Willielmus de Langland; c. 1330 – c. 1386) 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. (From Wikipedia)

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