The Lady in Medieval England, 1000-1500
- Author / Editor
- Coss, Peter R.
The Lady in Medieval England, 1000-1500
- Published
- Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire : Sutton, 1998.
- Physical Description
- x, 214 pp. : 13 color plates, 80 b&w illus.
- Description
- Defines the late-medieval idea of a "gentilwoman," its evolution, its relation to male gentility, and its representations in medieval art and literature. Briefly considers Chaucer's Prioress as a depiction of the "behavioural traits" of a medieval lady and the Wife of Bath as a realistic portrait of a woman who lives within the "institutional and ideological parameters" of late-medieval society.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Wife of Bath and Her Tale.
- Prioress and Her Tale.