Women's Patronage and the Writing of History: Nicholas Trevet's 'Les Cronicles' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale'
- Author / Editor
- Barefield, Laura D.
Women's Patronage and the Writing of History: Nicholas Trevet's 'Les Cronicles' and Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Man of Law's Tale'
- Published
- Laura D. Barefield. Gender and History in Medieval English Romance and Chronicle (New York: Peter Lang, 2003), pp. 37-72.
- Description
- Barefield contrasts the characterizations of Constance in "Les Cronicles" and MLT, focusing on how female patronage (by Mary of Woodstock) may have encouraged the character's active role in Trevet's version.
- Alternative Title
- Gender and History in Medieval English Romance and Chronicle.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Man of Law and His Tale.
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations.