Confessio Amantis, Volume 1The complete text of John Gower's poem is a three-volume edition, including all Latin components-with translations-of this bilingual text and extensive glosses, bibliography and explanatory notes. Volume 1 contains the Prologue and Books 1 and 8, in effect the overall structure of Gower's poem. |
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... Piers Plowman B.6 , where Piers sets up rules of governance on his half acre . In Gower the commons is governed by the king and the church , though all three share responsibility for good rule . It is an evil time when the commons rebel ...
... Piers Plowman B.6 , where Piers sets up rules of governance on his half acre . In Gower the commons is governed by the king and the church , though all three share responsibility for good rule . It is an evil time when the commons rebel ...
Page 245
... Piers Plowman B 5.238 , and in C 4.193-94 he yokes merchants , “ mytrede bysshopes , " Lombards , and Jews as enemies of Conscience . Lombard bankers were often employed as intermediaries in church and state transactions , which ...
... Piers Plowman B 5.238 , and in C 4.193-94 he yokes merchants , “ mytrede bysshopes , " Lombards , and Jews as enemies of Conscience . Lombard bankers were often employed as intermediaries in church and state transactions , which ...
Page 273
... Piers Plowman introduces Favel to English litera- ture , but not specifically as a horse ( B.2.158 ff . ) . The " saddled laws " that Gower places on Favel's back could show some connection with the passage in Piers Plowman , where ...
... Piers Plowman introduces Favel to English litera- ture , but not specifically as a horse ( B.2.158 ff . ) . The " saddled laws " that Gower places on Favel's back could show some connection with the passage in Piers Plowman , where ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHRONOLOGY OF GOWERs Life and WORKS | 38 |
CONFESSIO AMANTIS Prologue | 40 |
Copyright | |
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