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The Harrowing of Hell

By William Langland

Will Langland tells how after the crucifixion, the soul of Christ went down to Hades to fetch Piers the Ploughman and the rest of hopeless humanity.

Trial and Crucifixion

By William Langland

In ‘Do-bet,’ the sequel to his popular ‘Vision of Piers the Ploughman,’ Will Langland dreams about the trial of Jesus Christ before Pontius Pilate, and what followed.

The Triumphal Entry

By William Langland

Will Langland, a contemporary of Geoffrey Chaucer, dreams he is looking for his old friend Piers the Ploughman in Jerusalem just when Christ rides in on a donkey.

Brightest Beacon

By Cynewulf

Christ’s cross promises to take away the fear of Judgment Day.

Breaking Death

By Elfric of Eynsham

For Jesus Christ to step down alive from his cross would have been a mighty miracle, but not the mightiest.

The Six Leaps of Faith

By Cynewulf

The eighth-century English bishop and poet Cynewulf explores a prophecy from the Song of Solomon.

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