Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and Nicholas of Lyre's 'Postillae litteralis et moralis super totam Bibliam'

Author / Editor
Wurtele, Douglas (J.)

Title
Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' and Nicholas of Lyre's 'Postillae litteralis et moralis super totam Bibliam'

Published
David Lyle Jeffrey, ed. Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1984), pp. 89-108.

Description
Also in Revue de l'Universite d'Ottawa 53 (1983): 351-69.
The postills of Nicholas of Lyre provided Chaucer with explications of biblical allusions and moral implications of Scripture. Readers of CT can see the pilgrims' ironic use of Scripture; knowledge of biblical exegesis enhances interpretation.

Alternative Title
Chaucer and Scriptural Tradition.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.