Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 8720
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Martin , Carol A.N.
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  • Title: Alys as Allegory: The Ambivalent Heretic [The author argues that Chaucer endows his Wife of Bath with recognizably, even stereotypically, Lollard features in order to explore the tensions between orthodox culture and Lollardy. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
  • Source: Comitatus 21, ( 1990): Pages 52 - 71.
  • Description:
  • Article Type: Journal Article
  • Subject (See Also): Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Canterbury Tales- Wife of Bath's Prologue Heresy Literature- Verse Lollard Movement in Literature Wife of Bath (Literary Figure) Women in Literature
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Notre Dame
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 1990.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 00696412