Piers Plowman

Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1757630
Piers Plowman
William Langland · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Piers Plowman

Summary

Piers Plowman is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (330 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Piers Plowman authored William Langland[3].
  • Piers Plowman's image is recorded as Piers Ploughman. Middle English Poetry (f.169).jpg[4].
  • Piers Plowman's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • Piers Plowman's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 86146708273500842510[6].
  • Piers Plowman's GND ID is recorded as 4135928-8[7].
  • Piers Plowman's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82041291[8].
  • Piers Plowman's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119392873[9].
  • Piers Plowman's IdRef ID is recorded as 027326349[10].
  • Piers Plowman's Commons category is recorded as Piers Plowman[11].
  • Piers Plowman's language of work or name is recorded as Middle English[12].
  • Piers Plowman's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35290953[13].
  • +1370-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Piers Plowman[14].
  • Piers Plowman's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017q_l[15].
  • Piers Plowman's has edition or translation is recorded as Piers Plowman (B-text)[16].
  • Piers Plowman's has edition or translation is recorded as Piers Plowman (C-text)[17].
  • Piers Plowman's has edition or translation is recorded as NLW MS 733B Piers Plowman[18].
  • Piers Plowman's has edition or translation is recorded as Piers Plowman (A-text)[19].
  • Piers Plowman's has edition or translation is recorded as Piers Plowman (Z-text)[20].
  • Piers Plowman's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • Piers Plowman's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Piers-Plowman[22].
  • Piers Plowman's BBC Things ID is recorded as 19b8d41d-4dac-4686-9be9-1e835da0cc68[23].
  • Piers Plowman's form of creative work is recorded as poem[24].
  • Piers Plowman's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007523175005171[25].
  • Piers Plowman's Digital Index of Middle English Verse ID is recorded as 2458[26].
  • Piers Plowman's Index of Middle English Verse ID is recorded as 1459[27].

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Works and Contributions

Piers Plowman authored William Langland[3].

Why It Matters

Piers Plowman ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (330 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_piers-plowman_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Piers Plowman}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/piers-plowman}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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