Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- Introduction -- 1 The Text, the Acrostic, and the Author -- 2 The Life of Thomas Usk -- 3 The Date of theTestament of Love -- 4 The Sources of the Testament of Love -- 5 Some Notes on Significance -- Notes to the Introduction -- Testament of Love -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- Appendix -- Abbreviations -- Commentary -- Book I -- Book II -- Book III -- TEXTUAL APPARATUS -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX AND GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- INDEX OF PROPER NAMES -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Z
Summary
Usk was a figure of political and literary importance who was in the politics of late 14th-century London. A critical edition of his meditation on the fickle nature of worldly fortune and exploration of the relationship between grace and free will
