Contents
Introduction: Middle English Debt and the Spirit of Capitalism
1Counterfeit Money: Debt and Form in the Middle English Charter Lyrics
2Secret Debts: Credit and Faith in the Spendthrift Knight Romances
3Home Economics: The Marriage Debt in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale and The Merchant’s Tale
4“What is ynogh to mene”: Measuring Debt in Langland’s Piers Plowman