Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Chapter 1. A History of Judgments on the Middle English Bible 1
6. Chapter 2. Five and Twenty Books as ‘‘Official’’ Prologue, or Not 14
7. Chapter 3. The Bible at Oxford 31
8. Chapter 4. Oxford Doctors, Archbishop Arundel, and Dives and Pauper on the Advisability of Scripture in English 50
9. Chapter 5. The Provincial Constitutions of 1407 71
10. Chapter 6. Treatment of the English Bible in the Fifteenth Century 82
11. Chapter 7. The End of the Story: Richard Hunne and Thomas More 114
12. Conclusion 129
13. Appendices 137
14. Notes 223
15. Works Cited 303
16. Index 329