Death and the Plowman or, The Bohemian Plowman: A Disputatious and Consolatory Dialogue about Death from the Year 1400

Translated from the Modern German Version of Alois Brent. Translated by Ernest N. Kirrmann. This dialogue about death from the year 1400 has no peer in early German Renaissance literature. Ernest Kirrmann presents an English translation of the German classic, as well as a preface by Alois Bernt giving an introduction to the context and significance of the work. The text is accompanied by five woodcuts reproduced from the earliest known printed version of the German original. Dedication TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE PREFACE 1. The Plaintiff 2. Death 3. The Plaintiff 4. Death 5. The Plaintiff 6. Death 7. The Plaintiff 8. Death 9. The Plaintiff 10. Death 11. The Plaintiff 12. Death 13. The Plaintiff 14. Death 15. The Plaintiff 16. Death 17. The Plaintiff 18. Death 19. The Plaintiff 20. Death 21. The Plaintiff 22. Death 23. The Plaintiff 24. Death 25. The Plaintiff 26. Death 27. The Plaintiff 28. Death 29. The Plaintiff 30. Death 31. The Plaintiff 32. Death 33. The Judgment of God 34. The Plaintiff's Prager to God Appendix