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The medieval English poem Piers Plowman is noted for its attacks on the clergy. The later fourteenth century, when the poem was written, is often thought of as an anticlerical age. Yet this is the first book on fourteenth century English anticlericalism, and the first extended investigation of the anticlericalism of the poem.Wendy Scase is the author of 'Piers Plowman and the New Anticlericalism (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521360173 and ISBN 052136017X.
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