'The Law of God in Here Modyr Tonge' : The Vernacular Theology of Sir John Clanvowe
- Author / Editor
- Otey, Kirsten Johnson.
'The Law of God in Here Modyr Tonge' : The Vernacular Theology of Sir John Clanvowe
- Published
- Dissertation Abstracts International 60: 4443A, 1999.
- Description
- Most studies of the vernacular used in religious writing of the late-fourteenth century focus on clerical authors. Clanvowe, a layperson and chamber knight of Richard II, uses the vernacular to discuss Lollardy covertly. Otey examines works of Chaucer and Gower for similar meanings.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.
- Language and Word Studies.