This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:22:29 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Learning to Die in London, 1380–1540 This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:22:29 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms THE MIDDLE AGES SERIES Ruth Mazo Karras, Series Editor Edward Peters, Founding Editor A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher. This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:22:29 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms LEAR NING TO DIE IN LONDON, 1380–1540 • AMY APPLEFORD university of pennsylvania press philadelphia This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:22:29 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms Copyright © 2015 University of Pennsylvania Press All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations used for purposes of review or scholarly citation, none of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without written permission from the publisher. Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4112 www.upenn.edu/pennpress Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Appleford, Amy. Learning to die in London, 1380–1540 / Amy Appleford.—1st ed. p. cm.—(The Middle Ages series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN978-0-8122-4669-8 1. English literature—Middle English, 1100–1500—History and criticism. 2. Death in literature. 3. Death—England—London. 4. Death—England—London—Psychological aspects. 5. Death— Political aspects—England—London. I. Title. II. Series: Middle Ages series. PR275.D43A67 2015 820.9'3548—dc23 2014024291 This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:22:29 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms For Nicholas This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:22:29 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:22:29 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms contents Note on Quotations ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1. Spiritual Governance and the Lay Household: The Visitation of the Sick 18 Chapter 2. Dying Generations: The Dance of Death 55 Chapter 3. Self-Care and Lay Asceticism: Learn to Die 98 Chapter 4. Wounded Texts and Worried Readers: The Book of the Craft of Dying 137 Chapter 5. The Exercise of Death in Henrician England 181 Conclusion 217 Notes 225 Bibliography 281 Index 311 Acknowledgments 319 This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:24:20 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 130.64.11.153 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:24:20 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms note on quotations In this book I cite a variety of Middle English editions, manuscript sources, early printed books, and other records, and the representation of these records is nec- essarily somewhat eclectic. All Middle English quotations normalize use of the letter pairings u/vand i/j, place a hyphen before the past participle prefix (y-), and follow modern word division in cases where there could be confusion. This content downloaded from 139.184.14.159 on Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:30:21 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms