This book was first published in 2009. In late-fourteenth-century
England, the persistent question of how to live the best life
preoccupied many pious Christians. One answer was provided by a new
genre of prose guides that adapted professional religious rules and
routines for lay audiences. These texts engaged with many of the
same cultural questions as poets like Langland and Chaucer;
however, they have not received the critical attention they deserve
until now. Nicole Rice analyses how the idea of religious
discipline was translated into varied literary forms in an
atmosphere of religious change and controversy. By considering the
themes of spiritual discipline, religious identity, and orthodoxy
in Langland and Chaucer, the study also brings fresh perspectives
to bear on Piers Plowman and The Canterbury Tales. This
juxtaposition of spiritual guidance and poetry will form an
important contribution to our understanding of both authors and of
late medieval religious practice and thought.
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