Line 30 of the Man of Law's Tale and the Medieval Malkyn
- Author / Editor
- Fletcher, Alan J.
Line 30 of the Man of Law's Tale and the Medieval Malkyn
- Published
- English Language Notes 24:2 (1986): 15-20.
- Description
- The many appearances of the name Malkyn in medieval English texts do not support the common assumption that the name suggested a woman of loose morals but rather indicate that it evoked a woman of the lower classes.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.