Madame Eglentyne's Saint Loy
- Author / Editor
- Cutts, John P.
Madame Eglentyne's Saint Loy
- Published
- Studies in the Humanities 7.2 (1979): 34-38.
- Description
- Chaucer's characterization of the Prioress mirrors the struggle of "a country bumpkin trying to upgrade herself." The St. Loy of her oath might best be identified with St. Louis IX, King of France. The Bell edition of 1890 cites St. Loy as the spelling for St. Louis in the 1543 edition of the French translation of "Legenda Aurea." St. Louis was noted for his simple humanity. The Prioress was attempting to refine and embellish her own simple humanity.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale.