The Widow's Garden: 'The Nun's Priest's Tale' and the Great Chain of Being

Author / Editor
Schuman, Samuel.

Title
The Widow's Garden: 'The Nun's Priest's Tale' and the Great Chain of Being

Published
Studies in the Humanities 6.2 (1976): 12-14.

Description
NPT establishes an idea of decorum or appropriateness as a philosophical/theological context for the marriage tales. The central themes of the tale is that happiness and virtue derive from recognizing one's place in the Great Chain of Being.

Chaucer Subjects
Nun's Priest and His Tale.