Scriptural Testament in 'The Canterbury Tales'

Author / Editor
Alford, John A.

Title
Scriptural Testament in 'The Canterbury Tales'

Published
David Lyle Jeffrey, ed. Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1984), pp. 197-203.

Description
On "glosing" and scriptural authority in WBP, WBT, FrT, and SumT. The groping motif of SumT is informed by Gen. 24:1-4 and 47:27, requiring an oath on the genitals.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Friar and His Tale.
Summoner and His Tale.