The Theme of Synagogue, Ecclesia, and the Whore of Babylon in the Visual Arts and in the Poetry of Dante and Chaucer: A Background Study for Chaucer's Wife of Bath
- Author / Editor
- Chmaitelli, Nancy Adelyne.
The Theme of Synagogue, Ecclesia, and the Whore of Babylon in the Visual Arts and in the Poetry of Dante and Chaucer: A Background Study for Chaucer's Wife of Bath
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 47 (1986): 1722A-1723A.
- Description
- On the bases of manuscript illuminations, ivory and stone carvings, and typological windows, Chmaitelli examines Dante's pageant at the end of "Purgatorio" and Chaucer's WBPT. The former shows the degeneration of the Church, while the latter reveals the transformation of the Whore to Ecclesia. By Spenser's time, the contrast had become subordinated to Catholic-Protestant differences.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.