Prejudice and Chaucer's Prioress

Author / Editor
Wurtele, Douglas (J.)

Title
Prejudice and Chaucer's Prioress

Published
Revue de l'Universite d'Ottawa 55:1 (1985): 33-43.

Description
The Prioress's synthesis of elements from the legends of the martyred schoolboy suggests that she is complying with papal bulls that prohibit accusing Jews of kidnapping and ritual murders, but muances of PrT, and association with Hugh of Lincoln, indicate the popular view of the Jews' culpability.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.