The Semantics of Power: 'Maistrie' and 'Soveraynetee' in 'The Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Green, Donald C.

Title
The Semantics of Power: 'Maistrie' and 'Soveraynetee' in 'The Canterbury Tales'

Published
Modern Philology 84 (1986): 18-23.

Description
Distinguishes among "maistrie," "soveraynetee," "servage," "servyse," "governance," and "assente" in CT. These words thematically link WBT and ClT: individually defined relationships are signaled by "maistrie" and "servyse"; role-defined relationships, by "soveraynetee" and "servage."

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Clerk and His Tale.