Criseyde: Woman in Medieval Society

Author / Editor
Aers, David.

Title
Criseyde: Woman in Medieval Society

Published
Chaucer Review 13 (1979): 177-200.

Description
Chaucer sets up Criseyde's behavior, from first love to betrayal, as a reflection on woman's perilous social state. In so doing he questions the judgment passed on her by a male-centered society and religion, even though it is represented in his own palinode.
Also published as "Chaucer's Criseyde: Woman in Society, Woman in Love," in Thomas C. Stillinger, ed., Critical Essays on Geoffrey Chaucer (New York: G. K. Hall, 1998), pp. 195-218.

Alternative Title
"Chaucer's Criseyde: Woman in Society, Woman in Love."

Chaucer Subjects
Troilus and Criseyde.