Praying Before the Image of Mary: Chaucer's Prioress's Tale, VII 502-12

Author / Editor
Heffernan, Carol F.

Title
Praying Before the Image of Mary: Chaucer's Prioress's Tale, VII 502-12

Published
Chaucer Review 39 (2004): 103-16.

Description
Heffernan considers the clergeon's devotion to Mary's image in relation to historical medieval religious images and the "affective piety" they were produced to evoke among the unlearned.

Chaucer Subjects
Prioress and Her Tale.