The Faith of a Simple Man: Carpenter John's Creed in the 'Miller's Tale'

Author / Editor
Fletcher, Alan J.

Title
The Faith of a Simple Man: Carpenter John's Creed in the 'Miller's Tale'

Published
Medium Aevum 61 (1992): 96-105.

Description
The carpenter's comments on his knave's report of Nicholas's condition must be seen in terms of the vigorous promotion of the connection between the working class and a severely circumscribed knowledge of the rudiments of faith.
Revised in Alan J. Fletcher, Preaching, Politics, and Poetry in Late-Medieval England (Dublin: Four Courts, 1998).

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.