Chaucer at Lincoln (1387): 'The Prioress's Tale' as a Political Poem
- Author / Editor
- Ferris, Sumner.
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.