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.

Title
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.