A Reconsideration of the Monk's Costume

Author / Editor
Hodges, Laura F.

Title
A Reconsideration of the Monk's Costume

Published
Chaucer Review 26 (1991): 133-46.

Description
Places the Monk in the mainstream of medieval monastic modes of dress; his "grys," his boots, and his gold pin are not excessive in comparison to clerical fashions and practices of the period.

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Monk and His Tale