Which Bible Did Chaucer Use? The Biblical Tragedies in the Monk's Tale

Author / Editor
Holton, Amanda.

Title
Which Bible Did Chaucer Use? The Biblical Tragedies in the Monk's Tale

Published
N&Q 253 (2008): 13-17.

Description
The Vulgate's sheer availability offers compelling evidence that Chaucer used the Vulgate Bible, while faint lexical echoes of the "Bible historiale" suggest ancillary use of the "historiale." The Wycliffite Bible's candidacy may be ruled out on a number of grounds, most persuasively its late date.

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale
Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations