The Devil's Bow and Arrows: Another Clue to the Identity of the Yeoman in Chaucer's 'Friar's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Miller, Clarence H.
The Devil's Bow and Arrows: Another Clue to the Identity of the Yeoman in Chaucer's 'Friar's Tale'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 30 (1995): 211-14.
- Description
- It was commonly assumed in the Middle Ages that the devil carried arrows and shot them at his human prey. That the Friar's "yeoman" bears arrows "brighte and kene" (1.1381) is yet another clue that escapes the stupid summoner.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Friar and His Tale.