Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Illustrations XI
4. Abbreviations XIII
5. Preface: “...Beatus vitres techyng” XV
6. A Note on Psalm Texts and Middle English Quotations XXVI
7. Acknowledgments XXVIII
8. Part I. Interpreting the Psalms
9. Chapter 1. David the “Maker” 2
10. Chapter 2. Imitating David 51
11. Part II. Psalm Discourse
12. Chapter 3. David as a Model of Compunction 81
13. Chapter 4. The Psalms as Models for Middle English Poetry 120
14. Part III. Psalm Ideology
15. Chapter 5. Two Versions of Captivity: Lydgate, the Lollards, and Psalm Complaint 151
16. Chapter 6. William Langland, Radical Psalmist 189
17. Afterword 216
18. Appendixes 225
19. Notes 243
20. Bibliography 273
21. Index 285
22. Backmatter 293