Book V

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Book V is a section of John Gower’s Middle English poem *Vox Clamantis*, contributing to its broader moral and political commentary on 14th-century English society.

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Book V canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
section of poem ⓘ
addresses moral corruption ⓘ
political responsibility ⓘ
social disorder ⓘ
associatedAuthor John Gower ⓘ
associatedWork Confessio Amantis ⓘ
author John Gower ⓘ
contributesTo moral commentary on 14th-century English society ⓘ
political commentary on 14th-century English society ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
createdBy John Gower ⓘ
form verse ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
moral poetry ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
hasTheme Christian ethics ⓘ
critique of contemporary society ⓘ
proper governance ⓘ
social hierarchy and duty ⓘ
hasWorkAsPart individual Latin passages ⓘ
historicalContext 14th-century England ⓘ
intendedAudience educated clerical and lay readers ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryMovement late medieval English literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
literaryTradition medieval estates satire ⓘ
medieval moral allegory ⓘ
medium manuscript ⓘ
meter Latin elegiac couplets ⓘ
originallyWrittenIn Latin ⓘ
partOf Vox Clamantis ⓘ
primaryFunction moral instruction ⓘ
relatedWork Piers Plowman ⓘ
The Canterbury Tales ⓘ
secondaryFunction political admonition ⓘ
subjectMatter ethical conduct of rulers ⓘ
ethical conduct of subjects ⓘ
political order ⓘ
social morality ⓘ
timeOfComposition late 14th century ⓘ
workInSeries Book I (Vox Clamantis) ⓘ
Book II (Vox Clamantis) ⓘ
Book III (Vox Clamantis) ⓘ
Book IV (Vox Clamantis) ⓘ
linked to: Book IV

Book VI (Vox Clamantis) ⓘ
Book VII (Vox Clamantis) ⓘ
linked to: Book VII

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Vox Clamantis → hasPart → Book V ⓘ