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.

Title
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.