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To explore the nuances of virtue and morality depicted in Langland's Piers Plowman using the C-Version manuscript.

April 3, 2026Open Access

William Langland's Piers Plowman : the C-Version, V manuscript ; Trinity College Dublin MS 212 ; ll

Key Points

To explore the nuances of virtue and morality depicted in Langland's Piers Plowman using the C-Version manuscript.
Analysis of selected passages from the C-Version manuscript
Examination of character representations and their allegorical meanings
Comparison of themes across different manuscripts
Identified key allegorical figures representing virtue and vice
Highlighted the moral dilemmas faced by characters
Showed the manuscript's influence on medieval literature

Abstract

Hic incipit passus tercius V: 2,1 And thenne y kneled on my knes / & criede to heore of grace aaAx V: 2,2 And seyde mercy madame / for mary loue of heuene aaAx V: 2,3 at bar the blessed barn / at bouht vs on rode aaaAx V: 2,4 Kenne me by some craft / to knowe e falce aaAx V: 2,5 Loke vpon thi left half quod scheo / lo wer he stande aaAx V: 2,6 Boe falce and fauel / and fikel tonge lyere aaAx V: 2,7 And meny of here maneres / bo men and wymmen aaAx V: 2,8 Y lokede on my lift half / as e lady me tauhte aaAx V: 2,9 And sauh a wommon as hit were / wondurliche clothed aaAx V: 2,10 Heo was purfyled with pelure / non purer In erthe aaAx V: 2,11 And coroned in a

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