Piers Plowman histories, Book IV : the social history of England from earliest times to 1485

Date added to Library: May 8, 2025

Keyword/s: EDUCATION, MEDICINE, MONASTERIES, PILGRIMAGE IN BRITAIN, PILGRIMAGE WITH CHILDREN, PILGRIMAGE-CANTERBURY, RELIGIOUS ORDERS

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Author
Bell, J.J.
Year
1955
Publisher
George Philip & Son, Ltd
Published in
London
Accession No
08632  
pp
196 + exercises
Title of Series
Piers Plowman Histories
Number of Series
IV
Edition
11th
location
BKA
Comment

A very good schoolbook of the social history of England, up to 1485 (Battle of Bosworth). See especially Chapter XXIII "Going on pilgrimage in the 14th Century", mostly describing pilgrims to Canterbury.