Anti-Semitism in Chaucer's Prioress's Tale

Author / Editor
Zitter, Emmy Stark.

Title
Anti-Semitism in Chaucer's Prioress's Tale

Published
Chaucer Review 25 (1991): 277-84.

Description
Chaucer criticizes not anti-Semitism but rather the Prioress herself. The Prioress does not believe in New Testament attitudes on accepting Jews. Despite being a nun, she is unyielding in her belief that Jews are evil.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.