Fourteenth Century Verse & ProseIntroductory materialReading editionChapter navigation24 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialINTRODUCTIONI ROBERT MANNYNG OF BRUNNE'S HANDLYNG SYNNE A.D. 1303II SIR ORFEOIII MICHAEL OF NORTHGATE'S AYENBYTE OF INWYT A.D. 1340.IV RICHARD ROLLE OF HAMPOLE D. 1349.V SIR GAWAYNE AND THE GRENE KNIGHT ABOUT 1350-75.VI THE PEARL ABOUT 1375.VII THE GEST HYSTORIALE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY ABOUT 1375.VIII PIERS PLOWMAN (1362-1400) BY WILLIAM LANGLANDIX MANDEVILLE'S TRAVELSX THE BRUCE WRITTEN IN 1375 BY JOHN BARBOUR.XI JOHN WICLIF D. 1384.XII JOHN GOWER D. 1408.XIII JOHN OF TREVISA'S TRANSLATION OF HIGDEN'S POLYCHRONICON 1387.XIV POLITICAL PIECESXV MISCELLANEOUS PIECES IN VERSEXVI THE YORK PLAY 'HARROWING OF HELL' British Museum MS. Addit. 35290 (about 1430-40), f. 193 b.XVII THE TOWNELEY PLAY OF NOAH Towneley MS. (about 1475), ff. 76 ff.NOTESNOTES (continued 2)APPENDIX THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURYCORRIGENDA To Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse and ProsePrevious chapter ←Front matterNext chapter →INTRODUCTIONAll chapters and sections (24)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialOther sectionsINTRODUCTIONI ROBERT MANNYNG OF BRUNNE'S HANDLYNG SYNNE A.D. 1303II SIR ORFEOIII MICHAEL OF NORTHGATE'S AYENBYTE OF INWYT A.D. 1340.IV RICHARD ROLLE OF HAMPOLE D. 1349.V SIR GAWAYNE AND THE GRENE KNIGHT ABOUT 1350-75.VI THE PEARL ABOUT 1375.VII THE GEST HYSTORIALE OF THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY ABOUT 1375.VIII PIERS PLOWMAN (1362-1400) BY WILLIAM LANGLANDIX MANDEVILLE'S TRAVELSX THE BRUCE WRITTEN IN 1375 BY JOHN BARBOUR.XI JOHN WICLIF D. 1384.XII JOHN GOWER D. 1408.XIII JOHN OF TREVISA'S TRANSLATION OF HIGDEN'S POLYCHRONICON 1387.XIV POLITICAL PIECESXV MISCELLANEOUS PIECES IN VERSEXVI THE YORK PLAY 'HARROWING OF HELL' British Museum MS. Addit. 35290 (about 1430-40), f. 193 b.XVII THE TOWNELEY PLAY OF NOAH Towneley MS. (about 1475), ff. 76 ff.NOTESNOTES (continued 2)APPENDIX THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURYCORRIGENDA To Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse and Prose[Names of Middle English texts placed on a map of England and Wales.]← Front matterINTRODUCTION →
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