The Prince and His People: A Study of the Two Covenants in the 'Clerk's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Johnson, Lynn Staley.
The Prince and His People: A Study of the Two Covenants in the 'Clerk's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 10 (1975): 17-29.
- Description
- The people's and Griselda's agreements with Walter, the agent of testing, are analogous to the Old and New Testament covenants, respectively. The lower-order civil bond, governed by the letter of the law, is weak; the higher-order marriage bond, which through love perceives the spirit of the law is unshakeable.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Clerk and His Tale.