Chaucer and the Economic and Social Consequences of the Plague

Author / Editor
Robertson, D. W.,Jr.

Title
Chaucer and the Economic and Social Consequences of the Plague

Published
Francis X. Newman, ed. Social Unrest in the Middle Ages, (Binghamton, N.Y.: Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, 1986), pp. 49-74.

Description
Robertson discusses hardships such as war, crime, extortion, maintenance and procurement, legal abuses, and the ordinances of Edward III and Richard II that serve to illuminate BD, FrT, PardT, and the GP Wife of Bath, Prioress, Monk, Merchant, Guildsmen, Host, and Squire.

Alternative Title
Social Unrest in the Middle Ages.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.