Wife and Widow in Medieval England

Author / Editor
Walker, Sue Sheridan.

Title
Wife and Widow in Medieval England

Published
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993.

Physical Description
x, 221 pp.

Description
Eight historical and legal essays by various hands, including two of potential value to Chaucer studies, especially treatments of WBPT: Barbara A. Hanawalt, "Remmarriage as an Option for Rural Widows in Late Medieval England"; and Richard M. Helmholz, "Married Women's Wills in Later Medieval England."

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.