Chaucer's Monk: 'A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord'
- Author / Editor
- Zatta, Jane.
Chaucer's Monk: 'A Mighty Hunter Before the Lord'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 29 (1994): 111-33
- Description
- MkT makes a political statement reflecting Richard II's tyrannous activities during the altter years of his reign. The stories of misgovernment suggest a late date of composition for the work. The character of the Monk is based on Nimrod, himself an "unholy hunter," a "tyrant-priest," more concerned for his own personal wealth (as supposedly was Richard) than for common profit.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale.