Chaucer at Lincoln (1387): 'The Prioress's Tale' as a Political Poem

Author / Editor
Ferris, Sumner.

Title
Chaucer at Lincoln (1387): 'The Prioress's Tale' as a Political Poem

Published
Chaucer Review 15 (1981): 295-321.

Description
As all five saints of PrT had Lincoln associations in Chaucer's day, so the poem was intended for Lincoln. PrT commemorates the visit to Lincoln Minster, on March 26, 1387, of Richard II, who sought by its means the political support of John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln, against the faction of Thomas, Duke of Gloucester; and Chaucer read it aloud there on that occasion.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.