Notes on Some Medieval Mystical, Magical, and Moral Cats

Author / Editor
Gray, Douglas.

Title
Notes on Some Medieval Mystical, Magical, and Moral Cats

Published
Helen Phillips, ed. Langland, the Mystics, and the English Religious Tradition: Essays in Honour of S. S. Hussey. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1990, pp. 185-202.

Description
Surveys medieval treatment of cats in science, witchcraft, bestiaries, proverbs, fables, and literature. Notes Chaucer's occasional references to cats in MilT, WBP, and SumT.

Alternative Title
Langland, the Mystics, and the English Religious Tradition.
Essays in Honour of S. S. Hussey.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.