Extra-Marital Contracts in the Canterbury Tales

Author / Editor
Jacobs, Kathryn.

Title
Extra-Marital Contracts in the Canterbury Tales

Published
Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest 6: 25-33, 1999.

Description
Identifies the legal features of the lovers' pacts in CT. Legal diction (e.g., "accord"), careful preparation, and various kinds of delay connect the illicit relations in MilT, WBPT, ShT, MerT, RvT, and others with the legal contract of marriage.

Chaucer Subjects
Canterbury Tales--General.
Language and Word Studies.
Miller and His Tale.
Reeve and His Tale.
Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
Merchant and His Tale.
Shipman and His Tale.