The Ram Revisited: A Canterbury Conundrum

Author / Editor
Eisner, Sigmund.

Title
The Ram Revisited: A Canterbury Conundrum

Published
Chaucer Review 28 (1994): 330-43.

Description
Reviews critical opinion about the date on which the pilgrims started for Canterbury and concludes that it was Easter Saturday, 18 April 1394. The term "Ram" refers both to the constellation Aries (thus confirming the date) and to the sign Aries, balancing the Libra sign at the pilgrimage's end "in order to encompass both man's and mankind's lifetime."

Chaucer Subjects
General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales