Piers Plowman, Three-book set: Vol I (text), Vol II Part 1 (textual notes) and Vol II Part 2 (commentary and glossary)

A. V. C. Schmidt was a Fellow at Balliol College, University of Oxford from 1972 until his retirement in 2011, and specializes in Piers Plowman and Chaucer.

• Volume I. Text Second Edition Editorial Preface to the First Edition of Volume I Preface to Second Edition Acknowledgements List of Manuscripts Symbols and Abbreviations used in the Apparatus Abbreviations Note on Text and Apparatus Text Appendix to the Text Appendices to Apparatus Volume II, Part 1. Introduction and Textual Notes Editorial Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Foreword A. Introduction I. The Manuscripts of Piers Plowman II. The Editorial Tradition of Piers Plowman III. The Text of the A, B, C and Z Versions IV. Editing the Text V. The Poem in Time B. Textual Notes Volume 2, Part 2. Commentary, Bibliography and Indexical Glossary C. Commentary D. Bibliography E. Indexical Glossary F. Appendices Appendix I: The Language and Metre of Piers Plowman Appendix II: The Rubrics of Piers Plowman Appendix III: Langland's 'Repertory' of Lines and Half-lines