Chaucer's Prioress, the Jews, and the Muslims
- Author / Editor
- Delany, Sheila.
Chaucer's Prioress, the Jews, and the Muslims
- Published
- Medieval Encounters 5: 198-213, 1999.
- Description
- Since PrT is set in Islamic "Asia," the anti-Semitism of PrT makes little historical sense, since medieval Muslims accepted Judaism in ways Christianity did not. Chaucer's knowledge of Jews and Muslims has been underestimated, even suppressed, a result of modern unwillingness to accept historical reality.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Prioress and Her Tale.
- Chaucer's Life.