Heeding the Counsel of Prudence: A Context for the 'Melibee'
- Author / Editor
- Collette, Carolyn P.
Heeding the Counsel of Prudence: A Context for the 'Melibee'
- Published
- Chaucer Review 29 (1995): 416-33.
- Description
- The concept of prudence was well known in the Middle Ages and was often seen as a specifically feminine virtue in medieval French texts. Drawing from those texts, Chaucer also underscores the feminine, making Mel a story for "real women living complicated lives" who are trying to find their own voices.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Tale of Melibee.