Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction: Authority and Fallibility in Medieval Textual Culture 1
5. Chapter 1. De officio praedicatoris: Of Preaching, Pardons, and Power 36
6. Chapter 2. Moral Fallibility: Chaucer’s Pardoner and the OfWce of Preacher 98
7. Chapter 3. De impedimento sexus: Women’s Bodies and the Prohibition of Priestly Power 170
8. Chapter 4. Gender as Fallibility: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath and the Impediment of Sex 246
9. List of Abbreviations 349
10. Notes 353
11. Bibliography 467
12. General Index 489
13. Index of Biblical Citations 505
14. Acknowledgments 509