Social Position of Women in Chaucer's England

Author / Editor
Hamaguchi, Keiko.

Title
Social Position of Women in Chaucer's England

Published
Masahiko Kanno and others, eds. Medieval Heritage: Essays in Honour of Tadahiro Ikegami (Tokyo: Yushodo, 1997), pp. 269-82.

Description
The Black Plague resulted in economic advantages for townsmen and peasant women, enabling them to be active and powerful.
Reprinted in Keiko Hamaguchi, Chaucer and Women (Tokyo: Eihosha, 2005).

Alternative Title
Medieval Heritage: Essays in Honour of Tadahiro Ikegami.
Chaucer and Women.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism.