The Historical Setting of 'The Manciple's Tale'

Author / Editor
Askins, William.

Title
The Historical Setting of 'The Manciple's Tale'

Published
Studies in the Age of Chaucer 7 (1985): 87-105.

Description
Details in ManT parallel the character and life of Gaston Phoebus, Count of Foix; this is consistent with the tale's interest in gossip and aristocratic misbehavior.

Chaucer Subjects
Manciple and His Tale.