Chapter 1 – Jean R. Brink, Introduction to Bridget Manningham: Contains a description of the manuscript, Rivall Friendship, its acquisition by the Newberry Library, and a biography of Bridget Manningham.
Chapter 2 – Elly van Gelderen, The Dating of Rivall Friendship: Archaic and Modern Syntax.
Chapter 3 – Mary Ellen Lamb, Literary Contexts of Rivall Friendship.
Chapter 4 – Rahel Orgis, Narrative Rhythm and Genre in Bridget Manningham’s Rivall Friendship.
Chapter 5 – William Gentrup, Rivall FriendshipChapter 6 – Mihoko Suzuki, Bridget Manningham’s Rivall Friendshipand the Discourses of Friendship, Classical and Early Modern.
Chapter 7 – Jean R. Brink, The Intersection of Class and Gender in Bridget Manningham’s Rivall Friendship.
Chapter 8 –Joel B. Davis, All my Spirits ceaz’d : Interest and Judgment in Rivall Friendship.
Chapter 9 – Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler, Rivall Friendship and the Romance of the Royal.
Chapter 10 – Emily Griffiths-Jones, Passive Obedience and the Problem of Tyranny in Rivall Friendship.
Afterword – Paul Salzman
Biographies of Contributors