The Role of Woman in the Late Medieval Tale

Author / Editor
Dickinson, Jean G.

Title
The Role of Woman in the Late Medieval Tale

Published
Dissertation Abstracts International 46 (1985): 145A.

Description
Italian, French, English, and Spanish collections of tales, from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century, show women in increasingly significant roles. Though often satirized, women appear in lifelike situations and reveal contemporary attitudes.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.