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Index

Aers, David, 6, 103, 116, 145, 197, 213, 217
Agamben, Giorgio, 17–19, 38, 137–138, 142, 152, 170–171, 183, 214, 221, 222
Homo sacer, 17
Kingdom and the Glory, 17–18
Alexander of Hales, 96, 138, 145, 186
Alford, John, 120, 130, 210, 211, 213
allegory, 3, 4, 5, 19, 24, 27, 35, 119, 128, 130, 133, 134, 136–137, 140, 142, 144, 145–146, 148, 158, 164, 168, 175
Amis and Amiloun, 61–62, 73
Anderson, Gary, 177, 190
Anselm of Canterbury, 212
Cur Deus homo, 121, 122–125
Appadurai, Arjun, 15–16
Aquinas, Thomas, 11, 17, 22, 31, 47, 87–90, 93, 104, 109, 145, 159, 180, 186, 204, 206
Aristotle, 18, 31–32, 33, 95–96
Nicomachean Ethics, 31
Politics, 31
ascesis, 16, 23, 138, 141, 142, 172, 174
asceticism, 5, 13, 14, 15, 19, see also ascesis
auctoritas, 40
Augustine, 154, 180, 190, 202, 217
De civitate Dei, 206
authority, 8, 32, 33–34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 62, 68, 102, 106, 152, 158, 162, 175, see also auctoritas
avarice, 8, 20–21, 34, 126, 139
Bank of England, 189
Baudrillard, Jean, 193
Becker, Gary, 83–84, 85, 86, 200, 201, see also utilitarianism
Benjamin, Walter, 4, 23
Benson, David C., 136
Benveniste, Émile, 56, 60, 62, 73
Bible
Genesis, 60, 157
Leviticus, 175
Psalms, 121
Matthew, 88, 144, 156, 160
Luke, 133, 152, 155, 157, 158, 160, 166, 174
Romans, 88
Corinthians, 37, 83, 88, 158, 159, 161
Ephesians, 86
Colossians, 37, 38, 121
Biddick, Kathleen, 24
Bjerg, Ole, 34
Blamires, Alcuin, 92–93
Bloomfield, Morton, 136
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 106–107
Decameron, 22, 105, 208
Bolton, J. L., 9
Bonagratia of Bergamo, 138
Bonaventure, 29, 95, 96, 154, 207, 221
Privity of the Passion, 38
Bowers, John, 136
bribery, 5, 115, 116, 117, 119, 152
Britnell, Richard, 9
Bromyard, John
Summa praedicantium, 34–35
Brown, Peter
Ransom of the Soul, 182
Brundage, James, 89
Bunyan, John, 15
bureaucracy, 21, 24, 36, 39, 40, 44, 48, 127, 141, 152, 158, 162, 174, see also office
bureaucratisation, 38, 172
calling, 8, 141–142, 144
capitalism, 7–8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13–19, 49, 57, 71, 80, 84, 86, 138, 139, 141, 172
Carruthers, Mary, 91, 136
Cervone, Cristina Maria, 3, 185, 190
Charters of Christ, 25, 30, 173, 186, see also chirographum, chirographum decreti, devil’s rights
charter lyrics, 2, 21, 27–28, 30, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40–46, 47, 49, 53, 79, 110, 138, 174
Testament of Christ, 185
Testamentum domini nostri Jesu Christi, 185
Chaucer, Geoffrey, 2, 3, 6–7, 10, 12, 20, 21, 50, 53, 80, 123, 173, 176
Canterbury Tales, 70, 82
General Prologue, 50, 82
The Franklin’s Tale, 22, 51, 68–74, 78, 83, 196
The Friar’s Tale, 6, 87
The Merchant’s Tale, 15, 83, 85–86, 102–110, 173
The Pardoner’s Tale, 26
The Parson’s Tale, 2, 83, 122, 123
The Shipman’s Tale, 78–81, 82, 83, 92, 111, 199
The Summoner’s Tale, 6
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue, 22, 74, 83, 85–86, 91–97, 170, 173
The Wife of Bath’s Tale, 22, 71, 74, 83, 85–86, 97–101, 170, 173
chirographum, 36, 37, 121–122
chirographum decreti, 38
Christology, 145
Clanchy, Michael, 39, 191
Clopper, Lawrence, 139, 140, 141
Court Baron, 54
craft, 141, 143–144, 153, 162, 163
credit, 2–3, 10, 12, 19–22, 32, 33–34, 38, 40, 43, 44–45, 52–60, 66, 67, 73, 74–75, 76, 78, 90, 93, 114, 115, 116, 122–123, 132, 138, 171, 173, 178, 181, 187, 188, 189, 192, 194, see also promises, trouthe
as belief, 30, 51–52, 56, 78–79
as faith, 53, 56, 62, 172
creaunce, 80–81, 199
credit economy, 194
Crosthwaite, Paul, 34, 46
cupiditas, 113, 174
Davis, James, 9, 54
Davis, Kathleen, 10, 182
debitum, 4, 22, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 94, 98, 104, 106, 108, 109–110, 173
debt, 4–5, 6, 11–12, 16–17, 27, 28, 33, 37, 38, 39–40, 41, 43, 44–45, 48, 50–51, 53–55, 56, 58–59, 61, 63–65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74–80, 81, 85, 86, 113–116, 118–119, 124, 130, 132, 135, 137, 138, 139, 141, 142, 152, 153, 163, 164, 169, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 183, 188, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 199, 202, 210, 220, 221, see also debitum, guilt, obligation, marriage debt
as sin, 1–4, 12, 15, 16, 23, 27, 28, 29–30, 36–37, 38, 40–41, 43, 44, 46, 111, 114, 120, 121–123, 128, 131, 144, 149–150, 160, 164, 167, 169, 170, 172
debt slavery, 190
financialization of, 19–24, 30, 32, 34
forgiveness of, 30, 71–72, 154–157, 160, 163, 166, 174, 175–176, see also Jubilee
Delany, Sheila, 91
Delmolino, Grace, 105–108
Derrida, Jacques, 32, 45
devil’s rights, 190
Digby play of Christ’s Burial, 38
Dominican, 8
dominium, 139, 141, 171
double-entry bookkeeping, 200
Douglas, Mary, 48
Elliott, Dyan, 89
Epstein, Robert, 70, 71, 72, 92–93, 197, 206
Fasciculus morum, 27, 38–39, 121, 185
feudalism, 7, 9, 10, 12
Finke, Laurie, 91–92
Fitznigel, Richard, 39
Fitzralph, Richard, 23, 137
Fleming, John V., 6
forma vitae, 137, 140
Foucault, Michel, 17–18, 84, 93, 98, 101, 172
Franciscan, 8, 15, 23, 27, 37, 137–141, 142, 148, 152, 163, 165–168, 169, 170, 172, see also friars, mendicancy
Franciscanism, 186, 215, 217, 219, 220, 221, 222
Frank, Jr., Robert Worth, 120
friars, 5, 6, 118, 120, 126, 127, 133, 137–140, 143, 163–165, 167–170
Galloway, Andrew, 116, 117, 135, 178, 210, 213
gifts, 2, 17, 22, 23, 27, 28–29, 36, 38, 41, 44, 51–52, 58, 63, 64–65, 70–73, 88, 92–93, 98–99, 117–119, 122, 126, 131–132, 160–162, 172, 173, 174, see also grace, meed, payment, reward
Goodchild, Philip, 34, 173
Goux, Jean-Joseph, 34
Gower, John
Confessio Amantis, 20–21, 79, 97
grace, 16–17, 23, 45, 59, 92, 98, 119, 131–132, 133, 135, 142, 144–148, 149, 162, 174
Graeber, David, 30, 32, 74, 114, 179
Gratian, 22, 86, 104, 107, 109
Decretum, 5, 93, 104, 105, 106, 109–110, 180, 202
Green, Richard Firth, 66, 198
Gregory of Nyssa, 35, 121
Gruenler, Curtis, 218, 219
guilt, 4, 85, 100, 104, 121
Havelock the Dane, 67
Hiatt, Alfred, 28
Hill, Christopher, 8
Hoccleve, Thomas, 21, 132
Hostiensis, 187
Howell, Martha, 54
Hudson, Anne, 29, 187, 216
imaginary money, 31–32, 46, 52
inappropriability, 137, 138, 140–141, 142, 170, 174
Incarnation, 3, 35, 40, 46, 121, 125, 138–139, 175
indenture, 43
indulgences, 12, 26–27, 41, 43, 46, 87, 122, 175, see also Jubilee
as money, 30, 35–36
critiques of, 28–29
pardons, 12, 26, 29, 35–36, 43, 111, 134
Ingham, Geoffrey, 32, 192
interest, 15, 19, 52, 54, 57, 63, 121–122, 133, 135
Irigaray, Luce, 83, 200
ius necessitatis, 134, 165, 166, 167–169
Jerome, against Jovian, 86–87
Johnston, Michael, 51, 63
Jordan, Mark D., 3
Jubilee, 175–176
Justice, Steven, 46–47, 219
Kaye, Joel, 7, 11, 31
Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn, 139, 146, 218, 219
Keynes, John Maynard, 53
Knapp, Ethan, 21
Knapp, Georg Friedrich, 33, 53, 75
labour, 5, 8, 19, 54, 84, 95, 118, 119, 130–131, 132, 135, 137, 140–144, 150–154, 155, 156–157, 161–163, 164, 174–175, see also work
Laȝamon, 66
Langholm, Odd, 138, 182, 188, 206, 207, 214, 215
Langland, William, 2, 3, 5–6, 10, 12, 16, 20, 23–24
Piers Plowman, 110–111
Piers Plowman A text, 147
Piers Plowman B text, 112–114, 116–119, 133, 136–137, 139–141, 147
Piers Plowman C text, 112–114, 116–121, 124–133, 134, 136–137, 139–171
Lawler, Traugott, 120, 210
Lazzarato, Maurizio, 202
Legenda aurea, 121
Little, Katherine C., 182
Little, Lester K., 7–8
loans, 19, 34, 37, 52, 79
Lollardy, 41, see also Wycliffite
Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards, 29
Lombard, Peter, 17, 47, 89, 96, 121, 203, 204, 211
Mann, Jill, 116, 135, 165, 168–169
marital rape, 208
market, 8, 9–11, 20, 22, 52, 54, 55, 56–57, 71, 83–86, 91, 92, 96, 102–103, 105, 116, 119, 138, 172, 173
market economy, 7, 8, 10, 84, 85, 119
Marlowe, Christopher, 113
marriage debt, 22–23, 82–83, 85, 86–97, 99, 100, 101, 102–111, 138, 172, 173, 204, 205, see also debitum
Marx, Karl, 5, 19, 35, 48, 92, 137
Capital, 214
Mauss, Marcel, 70–71, 84, 173
Essai sur le don, 197
gift economy, 197, 198
Meditationes Vitae Christi, 37
meed, 6, 116, 118, 126, 133
mendicancy, 8, 23, 138, 139, 154, 155, 157, 162, 163, 165–166
mercantilism, 2, 6, 10, 11, 117
Middleton, Anne, 131, 165
Milton, John, 113
Minnis, Alastair, 26–27, 40, 185
Mitchell-Innes, Alfred, 188
monasticism, 14
money, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21–22, 29, 30, 31–36, 38, 40, 44–46, 48–49, 53, 56, 57, 64, 67–68, 75, 84, 92, 110–111, 114, 116–118, 119, 140
as amphibolic, 193
as commodity, 31–33, 34, 49, 84
as measure, 21, 23, 29, 31–32, 36, 40, 54, 115, 117, 120, 161
black money, 40
bullion, 12, 52
chartalist, 33–34, 38, 39, 45
coinage, 9, 31–32, 88
debasement, 33, 115
Jesus Christ as coin, 35, 38, 43
monetary belief, 21, 30, 34, 46, 49, 53, 172, 173
monetization, 2, 7, 10–11, 28, 30, 31, 32–33, 38, 49, 52, 91–92, 101, 120, 172–174
money of account, 12, 31, 32, 52, 53, see also imaginary money
state theory of, 33
tally sticks, 40, 41, 43
Muldrew, Craig, 55, 57
Muscatine, Charles, 136
need, 8, 17, 18, 21, 23, 31–32, 34, 67, 90, 96–97, 114, 116, 129, 131, 133, 134–135, 140, 143, 150, 164–166, 167, 168–170, 174
Nietzsche, Friedrich
On the Genealogy of Morals, 85
Nightingale, Pamela, 9, 52
obligation, 2, 4, 23, 30, 43–44, 53, 55–56, 68, 70, 71, 74, 75, 78, 87, 89, 93, 108, 111, 114, 116, 120, 143, 144, 155, 170
office, 5, 29, 39, 119, 137, 141, 142, 151–152, 159, 160
Olivi, Peter John, 11, 138, 169–170, 215
On Poverty and Revenue, 215
Olson, Glending, 6
Oresme, Nicolas, 31, 33
Origen, 121
Oxford Calculators, 7, 11, 180
payment, 2, 6, 30, 33, 35, 36–37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 52–53, 56, 62, 66, 71, 77, 78, 87, 88, 90, 94, 98, 100, 101, 107, 110, 111, 113, 114–121, 124–125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 134, 135, 137, 141, 144, 151, 158, 160, 161, 164, 169, 174, 175, see also bribery, reward, wages
Pearsall, Derek, 3, 6, 116, 221
penitence, 6, 176
penitential handbooks, 15, 122, 172
Libri penitentiales, 122
Peraldus, William, 122
periodization, 10, 15, 17, 24, 49, 173
Picketty, Thomas, 179
Polanyi, Karl, 84, 86, 173, 201
poverty, 6, 8, 23–24, 51, 63, 64–65, 128, 133, 138–139, 147–148, 157, 163, 165–168, 169, 170, see also ius necessitatis, need, usus pauper
predestination, 141, 146–149, 154
Prick of Conscience, 1–2, 3, 6, 15, 123, 177
profit, 1, 4, 5, 7–8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19–20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35–36, 40, 51–52, 55, 58, 59, 61, 63, 64, 70–71, 78, 80, 81, 84, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 100, 102, 106, 110, 114, 116–117, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 137, 142, 154, 162–163, 174
promises, 16, 24, 32, 34, 35–36, 43, 45, 46, 53, 54, 56, 60–61, 62, 66, 68–69, 72, 73–74, 75, 80, 83, 101, 110, 116, 118, 143, 149, 176
Protestantism, 8–9, 11, 55, 135, 141–142, 151, 172, 216, see also Reformation
Prudentius
Psychomachia, 128, 213
Putter, Ad, 70, 71, 72
Raymond of Pennaforte, 122
Redde Rationem, 152, 174, see also Wimbledon, Thomas
reddendum, 43–44
Reformation, 9, 13, 14–15, 176
rent, 2, 44, 59, see also loans
renunciation, 16, 23, 87, 90, 93, 95, 100–101, 138–139, 141, 167, 170–171
restitution, 210, 211
reward, 59, 61, 74, 78, 117–118, 126, 130–131, 140, 144, 159
Robertson, D. W., 91
Rubin, Gayle, 83
sacrament, 12, see also sacramental theology
baptism, 149
confession, 15, 21, 111, 120, 123
Eucharist, 43, 46–47, 111
marriage, 17, 22
penance, 2, 6, 12, 17, 21, 23, 27, 28, 29, 43, 99, 111, 120, 122, 124, 126, 127, 142, 158, 164, 167, 174, 175, see also penitence
restitution, 120–121, 125, 127, 129–130, 132, 146, 154, 158, 160, 163
satisfaction, 37, 111, 120–121, 122, 124, 127
sacramental theology, 86, 90, 172
salvation, 3, 5, 15, 16, 23, 24, 37, 43, 44, 46, 63, 88, 113, 114, 122, 123, 124, 125–126, 130, 132–133, 135, 141–142, 144, 145, 146–150, 151, 154, 158, 162, 168, 174, see also soteriology
Scase, Wendy, 120, 210, 212
Schmitt, Carl, 17, 137
Schwebel, Lana, 36
Scotus, John Duns, 138, 145
seals, 28, 37, 39, 41–43
Semi-Pelagianism, 144
separate spheres, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 19, 29, 150
Shaffern, Robert, 186, 189
Simmel, Georg, 49, 56–57
Simpson, James, 125
sin, 4, 12, 20–21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 35, 83, 86–87, 93, 96, 104, 112, 117, 123–124, 125, 128, 129, 131, 142, 145–146, 148, 151, 155, 157, 160, 166, 167, see also avarice, cupiditas
Singh, Devin, 35, 38
Sir Amadace, 21, 51, 52, 58–65, 67, 70, 72, 73, 75, 110
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 22, 51, 65, 74–78, 174
Sir Launfal, 21, 51, 52, 63–68, 73, 75, 110
soteriology, 2, 16, 131, 144
Spalding, Mary, 186
spendthrift knight, 21–22, 50–52, 58, 63, 66, 68, 72, 75–77, 80, 132
Spufford, Peter, 57–58
St Augustine, 3, 22, 60, 62, 86–87, 93, 95, 104–105, 106, 109, 121, 126–127, 144–146
De bona coniugali, 85, 86
De ordine, 127
St Francis, 5, 140–167, 169
Statutes
Acton Burnell, 55, 114
Merchants, 55
statute of 1351, 115
Steiner, Emily, 27, 186
stewardship, 24, 142, 151–152, 153, 157, 158, 163
Stimilli, Elettra, 16, 17, 84, 183
Swanson, Robert, 185
Szittya, Penn, 216, 221
Tawney, Richard, 9
taxation, 33, 39, 88, 137
theology, 35
economic, 12, 17, 20, 138, 140, 173
patristic, 3, 38, 90, 91, 93, 100, 145
scholastic, 7, 10–12, 28–29, 31, 85, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95–97, 109, 138
Todeschini, Giacomo, 139, 162, 171, 215
Trinity, 18, 38, 146, 175
trouthe, 22, 51, 62, 66–67, 68, 69–70, 71, 72, 75, 76, 78
use, 24, 41, 151, 152, 158, 163, 167–168, 170
usury, 5, 31, 54, 97, 129, 180, 181, 195
usus pauper, 137, 170
utilitarianism, 84, 85, 86, 173
Wadiak, Walter, 70
wages, 4, 5, 113, 117–118, 119, 120, 126, 128, 131, 133, 144, 152
Weber, Max, 8, 10, 13–16, 19, 55, 84, 135, 141–142, 150, 172, 182, 183, 200
“Weddyng of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnelle”, 97
wergild system, 32–33
William of Ockham, 16, 145
William of Saint-Amour
De periculis, 127
Wimbledon, Thomas, 157, 175
Wimbledon’s sermon, 123, 133, 177, 219
Winner and Wastour, 142
Wood, Diana, 11, 33
work, 8, 50, 140, 141–145, 147, 150–152, 154, 157, 161–163, 165, 174, 175
Wray, Randall, 53
Wycliffe, John, 41
Wycliffite, 29–30, 41, 79, 155
Yunck, John A., 6, 116
Zeeman, Nicolette, 136
Ziolkowski, Jan M., 40

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