Social Texts: Bodley 686 and the Politics of the Cook's Tale

Author / Editor
Boyd, David Lorenzo.

Title
Social Texts: Bodley 686 and the Politics of the Cook's Tale

Published
Huntington Library Quarterly 58 (1996): 81-97.

Description
The unique ending of CkT in MS Bodley 686 (ca. 1420-1440) reaffirms the preservation of traditional social systems and the obedience that they entail in the face of rising violence and the fear of political and social instability.

Alternative Title
Reading From the Margins: Textual Studies, Chaucer, and Medieval Literature.

Chaucer Subjects
Cook and His Tale.
Manuscripts and Textual Studies.