The Plowman's Tale

The Plowman's Tale
Author: Mary Rhinelander McCarl
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2019-05-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429627262

Published in 1997: An edition of the literary virus that inserted itself into the Canterbury Tales and passed as authentic until the late 19th century. The virulent attack on the clergy made possible the Renaissance conception of Chaucer as a pre-Protestant English patriot.