Please read
* the STATUTE of LABOURERS, 1351 (it is also here, and may be accessible if the former site, at Fordham University, is not);
* the very short THE LETTER OF JOHN BALL (ROYAL MS) (there is another medieval version of this letter here).
In the Letter, pay attention to the reference to Piers Ploughman and the note on the subject.
Then, please read Book 6 of Piers Plowman (in your translation), where Langland's ideological attitude towards the peasantry is largely revealed.
Written Assignment: Please write 350 words concerning your understanding of the importance of the Statute and Ball's Letter in understanding the text of Book 6.
Email to me and to your group.