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title	:	The Devil's Rights and the Redemption in the Literature of Medieval England
author	:	Marx, C. William.
publisher	:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
isbn10 | asin	:	0859914550
print isbn13	:	9780859914550
ebook isbn13	:	9780585210667
language	:	English
subject	Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England--History and criticism, Redemption--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Devil--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500,
publication date	:	1995
lcc	:	PR275.R4M27 1995eb
ddc	:	809/.93382
subject	:	Christian literature, English (Middle)--History and criticism, Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)--England--History and criticism, Redemption--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Devil--History of doctrines--Middle Ages, 600-1500,

Page i The Devil's Rights and the Redemption in the Literature of Medieval England The concept of the Devil's rights is a problematic aspect of the medieval doctrine of the Redemption. This study takes issue with a number of modern assumptions about the place of the Devil in the medieval scheme of the Redemption and how this was presented in theological and vernacular writing, arguing for a new hypothesis to explain the persistent interest in the Devil's rights in the middle ages, with special reference to literature produced in England. The approach is interdisciplinary and demonstrates how both vernacular and popular Latin writing in medieval England responded to and absorbed the effects of theological controversy. The use of the concept of the Devil's rights is examined in a number of important texts, including the Latin and vernacular versions of the GospelofNicodemus, the Anglo-Norman Chasteaud'Amour of Robert Grosseteste, PiersPlowman, the mystery plays, and the Devils'Parliament, as well as sermons and narratives of the life of Christ. The picture that emerges is one in which ideas about the Devil's rights and the place of the Devil in the Redemption, subjects of great debate among medieval theologians, find counterparts in popular writing and contribute to the development of the tradition of the debate between Christ and the Devil, and the emergence of a new version of the harrowing of hell. C. W. MARX is lecturer in medieval literature at the University of Wales at Lampeter. A graduate of the University of Toronto, he formerly lectured at the University of York.

Page iii The Devil's Rights and the Redemption in the Literature of Medieval England C. W. Marx

Page iv C. W. Marx 1995 AllRightsReserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 1995 D. S. Brewer, Cambridge ISBN 0 85991455 0 D. S. Brewer is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. PO Box 41026, Rochester, NY 14604-4126, USA British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Marx, C. William Devil's Rights and the Redemption in the Literature of Medieval England I. Title 820.9001 ISBN 0 -85991 455-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Marx, C. William. The Devil's Rights and the redemption in the literature of Medieval England / C. W. Marx. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-85991-455-0 (acid-free paper) 1. Christian literature, English (Middle)History and criticism. 2. Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)England History and criticism. 3. Redemption -History of doctrines Middle Ages, 600--1500. 4. DevilHistory of doctrinesMiddle Ages, 600-1500. 5. Anglo-Norman literatureHistory and criticism. 6. Christianity and literature -EnglandHistory. 7. Theology, Doctrinal, in literature. 8. Redemption in literature. 9. Devil in literature. I. Title. PR275.R4M27 1995 809'.93382dc20 94-46318 This publication is printed on acid-free paper Printed in Great Britain by St Edmundsbury Press Ltd, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Page v INMEMORYOFMYPARENTS

Page vii Contents List of Illustrations vi Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations x Introduction 1 1 The Devil's Rights and the Doctrine of the Redemption (I): the Twelfth-Century Controversy and its Origins 7 2 The Devil's Rights and the Doctrine of the Redemption (II): Commentaries and Encyclopaedic Texts 28 3 From the GospelofNicodemus to the 'Trials of Satan'

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