'My cours, that hath so wyde for to turne, / Hath moore power than woot any man' : The Children of Saturn in Chaucer's Monk's Tale

Author / Editor
Czarnowus, Anna.

Title
'My cours, that hath so wyde for to turne, / Hath moore power than woot any man' : The Children of Saturn in Chaucer's Monk's Tale

Published
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 40 (2004): 299-310

Description
Suggests a link between KnT and MkT: Saturn's "children" can be either individuals born under the sign of Saturn or societies suffering the effects of the "Age of Saturn." The predicament of the Monk's Hugelyn and his children can be read in light of these traditions.

Chaucer Subjects
Monk and His Tale.
Knight and His Tale.