Griselda's Abrahamic Test: Covenants and Clothing

Author / Editor
Hansen, Kristine.

Title
Griselda's Abrahamic Test: Covenants and Clothing

Published
Literature and Belief 12 (1992): 53-70.

Description
Like Abraham, Griselda is justified or made perfect by works, evidenced by her willingness to sacrifice her children. Through three clothing changes, she becomes an emblem of salvation: the first change symbolizes baptism; the second, the trial of the apparently forsaken soul; and the third, the figurative death of the soul tested and found worthy.

Chaucer Subjects
Clerk and His Tale.