Chaucer's Ancestry: Historical and Philological Re-Assessments
- Author / Editor
- Matheson, Lister M.
Chaucer's Ancestry: Historical and Philological Re-Assessments
- Published
- Chaucer Review 25 (1991): 171-89.
- Description
- An examination of Chaucer's original family name, Malyn, casts doubt on previous claims that Chaucer's family was involved in leather making. For social and commercial reasons, Chaucer was a more acceptable surname. Chaucer used Malyn or its variations in his writing in a "self-deprecatory" way.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life