Middle English Literature

Lovell, John Holand, Lord (d. 1408)
,
133–5; Lectionary, xxxv, 135
Luke, St., 98
Lydgate, John (1371–1449), 1, 236
madness, 18, 20–1
Magdaleine-sur-Tarn, 171
Magna Carta, 80
Magnum occumenicum Constantiente
Concilium
, 51, 55–9
Maidstone, Kent, 179–80, 186
Malory, Sir Thomas (ca. 1410–71), 1
Mandeville, Sir John
, 88; Book,
88, 89–90, 99, 100–10, 118,
119–25
“La Manere de la Renonciacione,”
70, 83–5
manuscripts, see books
Margaret, St., 128, 222
Map, Walter (ca. 1130–ca. 1210),
De nugis curialium (Courtiers’
Trifles), 238
marriage, 21–32, 93–9, 269; adultery
and, 22, 24, 25–7, 28–9, 32,
52, 94, 116, 123; debt, 28, 95;
Lollards on, 63, 66, 245; Saracens
on, 121, 123
Marseilles, 171
Martial (Marcus Valerius Martialis)
(ca. 80 ce), 239
Mary, Virgin, 31, 34, 94, 119–20,
121, 122, 129, 135–6, 152–3;
miracles of, 147–8
Matilda, queen of England 1102–67,
154–5

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Index
Mautby, Margaret, 126
Maximus, Valerius, see Map, Walter
Medforde, Clemence, 37, 39–45
medicine, 14
Meede, Philip, mayor of Bristol
1459–60, 1462–3, 162, 163
Melchizidek, 213
men, 224; lechery of, 23, 24–32,
223–4; pride and, 223–4; see also
marriage
Mercia, 262
Merciless Parliament (1388), 69, 76
Mile End, London, 183–5
Minorites, see friars
“Miracle of the Boy Singer,”
147–8,
148
miracle plays, see drama
Mirk, John (fl. ca. 1382–ca. 1414)
,
232; Festial, 232; Instructions for