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lack of aesthetic appeal.] Stokoe, W. C., Jr. "The Double Problem of Sir Degar." PMLA 70 (1955), 518-34. [Argues that there are two distinct versions of the poem.] --- . "The Work of the Redacters of Sir Launfal, Richard Coeur
Historical Poems of the XIVth and XVth Centuries. New York: Columbia University Press, 1959. Pp. 98-102, 301-03. York Plays 36 and 45 ("The Death of Christ" and "The Assumption of the Virgin"). Ed. Richard Beadle. In The York Plays. London:
a lack of rhyme altogether (93-96, 191-94, 249-52) and the last of these variants, full rhyme abab (1-4, 37-40, 57-60, 137-40, 176-79, 208-11, 214-17, 225-28, 233-36, 259-62; because of the possibility of half rhyme being acceptable, some of the abac
Robin Hood and His Crew of Souldiers: Introduction Munday, The Death of Robert, Earle of Huntingdon: Notes EXCERPTS FROM THE DEATH OF ROBERT, EARLE OF HUNTINGTON: NOTES The excerpts of The Death of Robert, Earle of Huntington are based on
many of them reflect simultaneously the distinctive characteristics of several poetic sub-categories, and the classification of some of his poems remains a matter of scholarly dispute. But perhaps above all else Dunbar is a satirist. A large number of his
of Capgrave's Life of St. Katharine of Alexandria." Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 61 (1960), 268-324. [Provides a partial transcription and translation of the Latin life of Katherine that most closely resembles Capgrave's legend.] Lewis, Katherine J. The Cult of St. Katherine
west end of Cheapside" (Hammond). 73 Chepe. The ward of Cheap, one of the great market areas of medieval London. In 1319 Cheap contained "mercers, pepperers, fishmongers, cheesemongers, bakers, poulterers, and cordwainers" (D. W. Robertson, Chaucer's London [New York: Wiley,
Creation of Heaven/ Fall of Lucifer (Play 1), the Creation of the World/Fall of Man (Play 2), most of Cain and Abel (Play 3), most of Noah (Play 4), Moses (Play 6), the Root of Jesse (Play 7), some of
the end of the poem, was the daughter of Sir Thomas de la Pole, uncle of one of the great magnates, William, Duke of Suffolk, oldest son of Michael de la Pole, the Earl of Suffolk. The Stapletons of Ingham
of Robert, Earle of Huntington Munday, The Downfall of Robert, Earle of Huntingdon: Notes THE DOWNFALL OF ROBERT, EARLE OF HUNTINGTON: NOTES This edition is based on John C. Meagher's edited facsimile collation of William Leake's black letter printing
of Gods and other works.] ---."The Textual Tradition of The Assembly of Gods." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 71 (1977), 191-94. [The most recent textual criticism of The Assembly of Gods and Triggs' edition.] ---. "The Assembly
previously printed version of the poem. MacCracken includes Vincent of Beauvais' version of the tale in Latin at the bottom of the page.] Muir, Laurence. ``IV. Translations and Paraphrases of the Bible, and Commentaries.'' In A Manual of the Writings
schemes characteristic of goliardic lyrics, dates from the beginning of the fourteenth century (reign of Edward I) and is entitled by Wright "Song on the Venality of the Judges." I have checked Wright's edition against a photostat of the manuscript.
understanding of the potential of allegory as a technique for the concrete representation of abstract ideas. THE CASTLE OF PERSEVERANCE The most comprehensive of the five surviving English morality plays, The Castle of Perseverance begins before the birth of Mankind
history of the world. Faced with the necessity not only of educating the priesthood in the technical aspects and methodology of confession and penance but also of explaining to the laity the taxonomy of sins, allegory the personification of
four sails of a windmill. The post is the grinding axel. 5-13 With ryght and with myght. This lyric is a variant of a popular complaint type, cited by Wenzel (1978) as the first of four special versions of Type
Bestul, Texts of the Passion, pp. 73110. 7 On the arousal of hatred as part of affective treatments of the Passion, see Bestul, Texts of the Passion, p. 71. On the importance of profanation in medieval understandings of the Passion,
an image of history, the siege of Jerusalem contrasts with that of Troy. Where the fall of Troy illustrates a Boethian model of history as a cycle of rise and fall of power and fortune, the destruction of Jerusalem by
a composite portrait of God in the sequential roles adopted by Christ: King of Pity, Son of Mary, God of Might, King of Heaven, God of Mercy, Crucified Man. These hidden signs complement the "winged" shape of the poem: Divine
of Bible studies . . . by widening the range of materials for study so as to include the evidence of the liturgy, of pictures, and of relics. He made a special use of the history, topography, and antiquities