This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...conseille of the baptiste, Aren frankeleynes, fre men thorw fullyng that thei toke, And gentel-men with Jesu for Jesus was yfulled, And uppon Calvarye on crosse ycrouned kynge of Jewes7. Many details of medieval methods of agriculture are preserved in Piers Plowman and the poet seems to have been personally acquainted ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...conseille of the baptiste, Aren frankeleynes, fre men thorw fullyng that thei toke, And gentel-men with Jesu for Jesus was yfulled, And uppon Calvarye on crosse ycrouned kynge of Jewes7. Many details of medieval methods of agriculture are preserved in Piers Plowman and the poet seems to have been personally acquainted with this industry; though the dreamer gave the impression that he, a clerk, knew nothing of manual work8. Langland insists on the primary importance of the work, which I ' gave employment to by far the greater part of the population9. j He spoke of it as the ideal occupation; and the chief figure of: the first part of the poem is the ploughman, afterwards identified with Christ10. Implements were primitive. The plough was drawn by oxen and had a plough-foot, to clear out the furrows11. '"Dykers" and "delvers" saw to the ditches and balks: Now is Perkyn and his pilgrymes to the plowe faren; To erie this halve-acre holpyn hym manye. 1 B xv 304; C xviii 44. 2 B xiv 51; C xvi 254. 3 A vn 295; B vi 309; C ix 331. 4 C vi 70. 5 B Xviii 103; C xxi 108. 6 B xx 145; C Xxiii 146. 7 B xix 28, cf. C xxn 28. 8 C vi 22. 9 A P 20; B p 20, 119, in 307; C 1 22, 145, iv 465, etc. 10 A vi 28; B v 544; C Viii 182. 11 A vn 96; B v 105, vi 193, xix 257; C Xxii 262. Dikeres and delveres digged up the balkes; There-with was Perkyn apayed and preysed hem faste. Other werkeman there were that wrou3ten ful 3erne, Eche man in his manere made hym-self to done, And some to plese Perkyn piked up the wedes1. When Piers is preparing to sow he says he will "cast" on him my clothes yclouted and hole, My cokeres and my coSes for colde of my nailles, And hange myn hoper at myn hals in stede of a scrippe; A busshel of bredcorne brynge me ther-inne2. L...
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Good with no dust jacket. B0006C9PBW. This book is in good condition; ex-library with usual stamps and markings. Missing dustjacket. Some sparse underlined passages and notes, but not overwhelming. Solid study or reading copy but not for collectors.; Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 125 pages.
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Good+ with no dust jacket. Ex-Library copy; with typical markings. 2 library labels on the front board. A bit of light rubbing, bumping at spine extremities. Smal smudhe on rear board. Else binding clean. Pages clean, but for library markings.; RIH12B; 125 pages; Ex-Library.
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Very Good. 1922. Cloth, octavo, xiii and 125 pp. some slight shelf wear to boards, which have minor bowing. Overall, Very Good. (Subject: Medieval, General History. )
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