Historicizing 'Wrastlynge' in The Miller's Tale

Author / Editor
Semenza, Gregory M. ColoĢn.

Title
Historicizing 'Wrastlynge' in The Miller's Tale

Published
Chaucer Review 38: 66-82, 2003.

Description
Members of the aristocracy and the middle class engaged in wrestling. Thus, Chaucer's reference to the Miller as a wrestler cannot be dismissed as a reference to the lower class.

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.