Chaucer's Wife of Bath and Her Ten Pound Coverchief

Author / Editor
Whitaker, Elaine E.

Title
Chaucer's Wife of Bath and Her Ten Pound Coverchief

Published
Publications of the Arkansas Philological Association 15:2 (1989): 26-36.

Description
Coverchiefs, while sometimes a sign of mourning, are more often read as a devilish device to "blind men's sight," as Robert Mannyng suggests. The Wife's coverchiefs serve as one of numerous signs that "her life...remains in theological disarray."

Chaucer Subjects
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.