The Marriage Contract of the 'Franklin's Tale': The Remaking of Society

Author / Editor
Jacobs, Kathryn.

Title
The Marriage Contract of the 'Franklin's Tale': The Remaking of Society

Published
Chaucer Review 20 (1985): 132-43.

Description
Though some readers have seen the contract in this tale as evidence of Chaucer's acceptance of the male's dominance in marriage, the relationship of Dorigen and Arveragus is actually an ideal society in miniature.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.