I haven't seen anyone mention Cindy L. Vitto's book, *The Virtuous Pagan
in Middle English Literature*. It provides a good summary of the major
debates about salvation of the righteous heathens going back to Origen and
then specifically discusses ME lit, Trajan in *Piers Plowman*, *St.
Erkenwald* among others. It's a good introduction to the subject, well
worth a look, but I don't remember if she provides a bibliography.
Clint
Clinton Atchley
University of Washington
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