Faith, Ethics, and Community: Reflections on Reading Late Medieval English Writing

Author / Editor
Aers, David.

Title
Faith, Ethics, and Community: Reflections on Reading Late Medieval English Writing

Published
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 28 (1998): 341-69.

Description
Argues that Griselda of ClT is not a type of Christ, because not all depictions of human suffering imitate Christ's passion. Texts by authors from Aquinas to Wycliffe, Arundel,and William Thorpe indicate that passive suffering is one of many competing models of faith, suggesting that Chaucer's religious tales may not affirm unquestioning faith and obedience.

Chaucer Subjects
Clerk and His Tale.