Sacraments, Sacramentals, and Lay Piety in Chaucer's England

Author / Editor
Kelly, Henry Ansgar.

Title
Sacraments, Sacramentals, and Lay Piety in Chaucer's England

Published
Chaucer Review 28 (1993): 5-22.

Description
Contemporary documents concerning aspects of liturgical life indicate that the people of Chaucer's time were a "fervent laity served by a fervent clergy," notwithstanding the adulterous monk of ShT and Chaucer's corrupt Pardoner, Summoner, and Friar.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Canterbury Tales--General.