Chaucer and the 'Breton' Lay

Author / Editor
Yoder, Emily K.

Title
Chaucer and the 'Breton' Lay

Published
Chaucer Review 12 (1977): 74-77.

Description
Establishes that the "Breton" lay is a British lay composed by ancient Britons, not by minstrels of Brittany. The MED gives a British origin for most of its citations of "Britoun" and "Britaine." The validity of the sources for the other citations is debatable.

Chaucer Subjects
Franklin and His Tale.