The Economics of Salvation in 'The Book of Margery Kempe' and 'The Pardoner's Prologue'

Author / Editor
Manzanas Calvo, Ana M.

Title
The Economics of Salvation in 'The Book of Margery Kempe' and 'The Pardoner's Prologue'

Published
Bernardo Santano Moreno, Adrian R. Birtwhistle, and Luis G. GiroĢn Echevarria, eds. Papers from the VIIth International Conferenceo of SELIM (Caceres: Universidad de Extremadura, 1995), pp. 175-85.

Description
Key figures of the pre-modernity and pre-capitalism of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the Pardoner and Margery Kempe exemplify inverted values.
Despite their spiritual differences, each conceives of salvation and spiritual reward in economic terms.

Alternative Title
Papers from the VIIth International Conference of SELIM.

Chaucer Subjects
Pardoner and His Tale.